Discover Your Ethical Reasoning with the Trolley Problem Quiz

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What is the Trolley Problem?

  • A scenario where a person is faced with a moral choice involving a runaway trolley
  • A difficult decision that involves sacrificing one person to save a larger number of people
  • A thought experiment exploring the ethical dilemma of sacrificing one person to save others (correct)
  • A situation where a person must decide between saving one person or saving a larger number of people

What is the dilemma in the Trolley Problem?

  • Whether to save the five people or the one person (correct)
  • Whether to pull the lever or not
  • Whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number of people
  • Whether to let the trolley continue on its original path

What is the classic version of the Trolley Problem?

  • A runaway trolley heading towards one person tied up on the tracks, with no way to divert it
  • A runaway trolley heading towards five people tied up on the tracks, with a lever that can divert it onto a different track where there is only one person tied up (correct)
  • A runaway trolley heading towards five people tied up on the tracks, with no way to divert it
  • A runaway trolley heading towards one person tied up on the tracks, with a lever that can divert it onto a different track where there are five people tied up

What does the Trolley Problem explore?

<p>The ethical dilemma of sacrificing one person to save a larger number of people (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Trolley Problem?

<p>To challenge traditional moral principles (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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