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What is the Trolley Problem?
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?
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?
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?
What does the Trolley Problem explore?
What is the purpose of the Trolley Problem?
What is the purpose of the Trolley Problem?
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