Happy #trolleyday!
Today's the birthday of Philippa Foot, the mother of one of the best known ethical dilemmas of our time: the 'trolley problem'.
Today's the birthday of Philippa Foot, the mother of one of the best known ethical dilemmas of our time: the 'trolley problem'.
The original trolley problem:
A brakeless trolley nears.
If you don't act, 5 people will die.
If you change its track by pulling the lever, only 1 will die.
What will you do?
#trolleyday
A brakeless trolley nears.
If you don't act, 5 people will die.
If you change its track by pulling the lever, only 1 will die.
What will you do?
#trolleyday
A variation of the trolley problem:
5 people die if they don't receive a different vital organ.
1 healthy person enters with all 5 vital organs functioning.
Is it better to save the 5 by killing the 1?
5 people die if they don't receive a different vital organ.
1 healthy person enters with all 5 vital organs functioning.
Is it better to save the 5 by killing the 1?
A trolley nears.
No one is in danger.
You are an ethics teacher.
Should you put people on the trolley tracks in order to keep your job?
No one is in danger.
You are an ethics teacher.
Should you put people on the trolley tracks in order to keep your job?
Applied version of the trolley problem:
You can divert a runaway trolley and save the planet and all life on it, or you could continue focusing on fossil fuels, do some green washing and make a profit in the short term.
You can divert a runaway trolley and save the planet and all life on it, or you could continue focusing on fossil fuels, do some green washing and make a profit in the short term.
On this festive #trolleyday, a shout out to all the brave trolley track workers out there.
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