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Chapter 55 Self Quiz
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In the "Bystander's Three Options" case, Thomson hopes her readers will
agree that the bystander should not kill the one to save the five.
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agree that the bystander should kill the one to save the five.
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agree that the bystander is morally obligated to kill himself before he kills another to save five.
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avoid trolleys.
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In the "Bystander's Three Options" case, option (iii) is sacrificing oneself to save the five workers. Thomson says that option (iii) is
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not permissible.
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a good deed, but not morally required.
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a ceteris paribus principle.
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If you want to save the five workers but don't want to sacrifice yourself, you can take option (ii) and turn the trolley toward the one worker. What does Thomson say about this option?
It's not quite as noble as self-sacrifice would be but is still a morally permissible choice.
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It's an unacceptable choice; you are making someone else pay the price for your good deed, because you don't feel like paying it yourself.
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It's just as good as sacrificing yourself; you are still saving five lives and costing only one life.
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It's fine because you still have good intentions of saving lives.
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Thomson would likely agree most that to perform a good deed, one must
personally pay the price if possible.
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believe others would also perform that good deed.
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know the outcome with certainty.
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Both a and b
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In this paper, Thomson changes the point of view in the trolley case so that we imagine ourselves as a bystander instead of as the trolley driver.
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In the "Bystander's Two Options" case, the choices are to kill one worker or sacrifice oneself.
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Thomson argues that the bystander must choose to sacrifice himself.
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Thomson believes that turning the trolley toward the one worker is making that person "pay the cost" of your good deed.
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Thomson thinks most would not sacrifice their own lives to save five others.
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