lot of dilemmas we go over in class there are a couple that stand out to me. The trolley dilemma is a situation I personally hope I never encounter and the dilemma where if you had a ring that made you invisible. The dilemma with the trolley is a terrifying situation to be in if you are the one operating the tracks. Either way someone is going to die and that’s going to be on you. If I were the one operating the trolley tracks and I had to choose between killing one person and four people‚ I’m going
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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Part I APPLIED DYNAMICS LAB (full report required) DYNAMICS OF A TROLLEY ON RAILS Based on document MGS/ID137/203 by Dr MG Sainsbury Modified in Feb 2007 & Jan 2008 by Dr L Huang and Mr WS Sze 1. Objectives (1) To measure the velocity and acceleration of a trolley as it descends on inclined track and is stopped by a nonlinear elastic arrester system. (2) To compare the measured acceleration‚ velocity and displacement with theoretical
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Contents Full Bibliographic Reference 2 What is RFID 2 Introduction 4 Superiorities and Costs of RFID 5 Supply Chain for Consumer Goods 6 Benefits and Challenges of RFID 7 RFID Integration with Supply Chain Management System 8 Conclusion and Further Research 10 General Critique 11 References 12 Full Bibliographic Reference The journal review is done based on a working paper done by researchers from Dogus University‚ Turkish Atomic Energy Authority Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training
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The Trolley Problem is set up in two parts. The first part of this problem puts the reader in a passive position to choose between shoving a large person onto the track causing one person to die to save the five other people and refraining and doing nothing would allow the five to die and the one person to live. The second part of this scenario would put Frank in a very personal position to choose to do something about the situation at hand‚ or to let five people die; or deliberately push a large
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Summary The Trolley Dodgers was exposed that it had internal control problems existed. The other hand‚ found that employees embezzlement. The first part of this report identify and explain the characteristics of employee fraud indicated in Dodgers case. such as perpetrator must gains the trust or confidence of the person or company being defrauded. etc And then‚ the second part is explain the internal control weaknesses and understanding internal control objectives . The third part based on the understanding
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Shiaa K PHIL 1020: Ethics Paper #1 Supposing I observed a runaway train at the rail-yard and if it continues hurtling in the direction it is going‚ it will kill five people. Luckily for me‚ I’m standing next to a power switch and if I pull the lever of the switch‚ the train will divert into a different track. However‚ there is one person working on this track and if I pull the switch‚ that rail worker will die. Here’s what I would do. I would in fact pull the lever of the switch to spare the
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The Trolley Dodgers In 1890‚ the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers professionals’ baseball team joined the National League. Over the following years‚ the Dodgers would have considerable difficulty competing with the other baseball themes in the New York City area. Those teams‚ principal among them the New York Yankees‚ were much better financed and generally stocked with players of higher caliber. In 1958‚ after nearly seven decades of mostly frustration on and off the baseball field‚ the Dodgers shocked
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Reflection Introduction In this reflection‚ I am going to reflect about the competency No. 5 which talk about demonstrating the ability to check and identify the resuscitation equipment of the emergency trolley. What is reflection first of all. ”Reflection is an active process of witnessing one’s own experience in order to take a closer look at it‚ sometimes to direct attention to it briefly‚ but often to explore it in greater depth"(Burton 2000). Reflection is an effective methods for health
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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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