Trolley Problems
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Trolley Problems
The trolley problem I stated that a trolley was on a track that was about to kill five people. There was only one person on the other track. I could sacrifice the one person life by switching the trolley’s course unto his/her track, saving the lives of five people. My decision would be not to switch the trolley’s course. The trolley problem II was that I was standing on top of a bridge, while looking down below; I could see a trolley was on its course to kill five people if it continued on its way. There was a fat stranger beside me that I could push over the bridge that would land in the way of the trolley saving the five people on that track. In doing so, the person I pushed over the bridge would be killed. I would not push the stranger over the bridge.
Kantian view ethics are as listed: Good will, Duty, Hypothetical Imperative, Categorical Imperative and Practical Imperative. http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/kant.html. Immanuel Kant believed that absolute reasoning would bring the truth, and help you with your decision making. And these truths you will discover your own making and choosing. In the trolley problems, I believe, in using the Kantian view ethic Categorical Imperative, the five people on the trolley’s course would get killed and the one not on the trolley’s path would be spared. Categorical Imperative states you treat others as you wish to be treated. It also states, “We must will a universal principal that shows respect for all persons.” Kant ethics’ questions; “what if this was you, in either situation, would you think your decision is fair?” Consider Ethics Theory, Readings, and Contemporary issues, second edition, Bruce N. Wallace pp. 21-32.
There are two types of Utilitarian ethics, Act-Utilitarians and Rule-Utilitarians. The Act ethic is used when you are trying to produce the best overall consequences for a dilemma you are being faced with. The Rule ethic requires you to analyze the...
The trolley problem I stated that a trolley was on a track that was about to kill five people. There was only one person on the other track. I could sacrifice the one person life by switching the trolley’s course unto his/her track, saving the lives of five people. My decision would be not to switch the trolley’s course. The trolley problem II was that I was standing on top of a bridge, while looking down below; I could see a trolley was on its course to kill five people if it continued on its way. There was a fat stranger beside me that I could push over the bridge that would land in the way of the trolley saving the five people on that track. In doing so, the person I pushed over the bridge would be killed. I would not push the stranger over the bridge.
Kantian view ethics are as listed: Good will, Duty, Hypothetical Imperative, Categorical Imperative and Practical Imperative. http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/kant.html. Immanuel Kant believed that absolute reasoning would bring the truth, and help you with your decision making. And these truths you will discover your own making and choosing. In the trolley problems, I believe, in using the Kantian view ethic Categorical Imperative, the five people on the trolley’s course would get killed and the one not on the trolley’s path would be spared. Categorical Imperative states you treat others as you wish to be treated. It also states, “We must will a universal principal that shows respect for all persons.” Kant ethics’ questions; “what if this was you, in either situation, would you think your decision is fair?” Consider Ethics Theory, Readings, and Contemporary issues, second edition, Bruce N. Wallace pp. 21-32.
There are two types of Utilitarian ethics, Act-Utilitarians and Rule-Utilitarians. The Act ethic is used when you are trying to produce the best overall consequences for a dilemma you are being faced with. The Rule ethic requires you to analyze the...