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The Trolley Problem Multiple Choice
The Trolley Problem
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In the trolley case, if you turn the trolley
Everyone is saved.
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Five people are killed.
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One person is killed.
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Everyone is killed.
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The moral dilemma of the trolley case is
Whether it is okay to kill someone.
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Whether it is better to kill one person than five people.
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Whether it is better to let five die than to act and bring about one person's death.
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Whether it is better to let one die than to act and bring about five people's deaths.
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In the fat man case, if you do nothing
The fat man pushes you off the bridge.
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The fat man turns the trolley.
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The fat man is killed.
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Five people are killed.
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According to Thomson, when people are confronted with the fat man case
All of them think it is morally permissible to push him off the bridge.
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Some of them think it is morally required to push him off the bridge.
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Both a and b.
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Neither a nor b.
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What is the main question that Thomson asks in this reading?
Is there a moral difference between actively causing a death and just letting people die?
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Is it morally permissible to kill someone if it means saving other people?
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Should you trust other people's moral beliefs, or should we each decide individually?
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Why do people have different opinions about the basic case and the fat man case?
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