making them unable to promote/create happiness. If maximizing utility is the goal‚ there is no doubt that condemning one to save five is permissible under utilitarian principles. The loop variant of the case follows exactly as the original case of the trolley problem. Seeing as it is handled in the same manner. The death or pain of one‚ and ultimately his or her family‚ is permissible due to the net happiness and utility of five people (and their families.) Another way to think of this scenario is that
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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
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The trolley dilemma is a classic example of making an ethical choice that evokes the principles of Utilitarianism or Kantianism. The Trolley Dilemma is a thought experiment where there is a runaway train and it is heading down the tracks towards five workers you cannot directly do anything to stop the train‚ but you happen to be standing by a lever that will switch the tracks‚ only problem is there one man on the other track. And by pulling the lever you will kill him only instead‚ so you kill one
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resuscitation (resus) trolley‚ as we wanted to ensure that standards and protocols were still being complied with as our ward only opened in February‚ and at this current time we are undergoing significant changes. Policies are created by authorised personal to ensure optimal patient care and patient safety. These policies and guidelines are put in place for all health care workers to follow‚ in order to minimize the clinical risks and to strengthen clinical safety. The resus trolley is a significant
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The Trolley Problem The trolley problem as first constructed by Phillipa Foot presents a moral dilemma in which one has to place value on what is more important and what is morally right. In this situation‚ there is a runaway trolley barreling down the train tracks. Ahead‚ on the tracks‚ there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard‚ next to a leaver. If you pull this lever‚ the trolley will switch to
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have been nothing but great since the end of the first half of the season. Even with a depleted team lacking verified pitching and consistent offense‚ they were able to overtake the best team in the first half of season‚ the San Francisco Giants and continue to strive to become one of the best teams in the major leagues. A number of Dodger starters are finally coming off the DL including Clayton Kershaw‚ Andre Etheir‚ and Rich Hill but there are a number of sporadic players
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The trolley problem is an ethical dilemma that was developed by an English philosopher Philippa Foot. It was designed for the purpose of analyzing how people make ethical decisions in critical situations. The trolley problem describes a trolley that is moving on tracks with non functioning brakes and there are five people tied to the tracks ahead of it. There is also a lever that switches the direction of the tracks in the way where only one person is tied to the tracks. The problem asks people to
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decision caused the age of the United States draft dodgers. Instead of the United States draft dodgers‚ some Canadians join the United States military to fight. There are some reasons that the United States draft dodgers in order to avoid compulsory military service during the war. In fact of that‚ about 30‚000 American draft dodgers fled to Canada. The 60’s was a time of "love not war". The peace movement was a great factor in the number of draft dodgers. Many Americans believed that Canada played no
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Written in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis 1:1-31 through to Genesis 2:1-3‚ is the most popular Hebrew and Christian version of the Creation story. To begin with‚ in the first day God creates heaven‚ Earth‚ day and night. Then on the second day the skies and oceans are created followed by the creation of dry land‚ vegetation and fruit trees on the third day. Continuing on the fourth day God creates the sun‚ moon‚ stars and then on the fifth day all creatures that swim along with all creatures
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Trolley Problem The "Trolley Dilemma" can be considered an ethical experiment which involves numbers of hypothetical scenarios created by Philippa Foot in 1967. In addition‚ it has been an important part of neuroethics and cognitive science. The original concepts can be formulated as follows. There is a heavy‚ uncontrollable trolley runs down the railways. On the track‚ there are five people tied to it. Fortunately‚ there is a lever pulling which you can switch and‚ thus‚ change the direction of
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