Summary Of The Trolley Problem
The Trolley Problem, originally proposed by Philippa Foot prompted a range of responses.
More specifically from Judith Jarvis Thomson, who presented a variation and response to this scenario. One of Thompson’s adaptation encapsulates the notion of a bystander who has the option to either remain inactive and let five people die or to reroute the trolley, by means of flipping a switch that would cause the trolley to move towards the direction of the other track with one worker, hence killing them (Graham, 2017).
On that account, the bystander should do nothing and allow the five track workers to die.
The bystander’s required action may be explained through the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing (DDA) in which suggest that there is a moral distinction
More specifically from Judith Jarvis Thomson, who presented a variation and response to this scenario. One of Thompson’s adaptation encapsulates the notion of a bystander who has the option to either remain inactive and let five people die or to reroute the trolley, by means of flipping a switch that would cause the trolley to move towards the direction of the other track with one worker, hence killing them (Graham, 2017).
On that account, the bystander should do nothing and allow the five track workers to die.
The bystander’s required action may be explained through the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing (DDA) in which suggest that there is a moral distinction