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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same five dying‚ thus 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
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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 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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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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plane using various methods. Research Question: Is there a relationship between the angle θ of the incline and the acceleration down the plane? Equipment: * Ticker Timer (AC 50Hz ) * Incline (wood) * Meter ruler * Dynamic Trolley ( Mass: 380.55 ± 0.01g ) * Carbonated paper * Power Source (2W) * Data Logger * Motion Sensor * Tennis Ball Method for ticker tape experiment: 1. We setup the equipment effectively as shown below in the diagram. 2. We
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Apprehension‚ deception‚ and uncertainty‚ these are all a part of The Runaway Jury. In this book‚ there is a trial‚ not just any ordinary trial‚ but a multi-million dollar trial between big tobacco companies and regular people claiming that lung cancer caused from cigarettes killed their spouses. Now it has turned into a huge legal battle in a small town. I will be clarifying the conflict between Fitch and Easter‚ connecting the trial to the master settlement agreement and predicting the outcome
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no one hears a thing but i’m always lonely. I read a book once on how to survive when you run away. I often just want to run away and change my name meet someone to love or just anyone at all at this point. You know what i’m going to do it tonight runaway ya it shouldn’t be that hard. I have enough to run away and what have I got to lose nothing is good enough to keep me here i’ll comeback to see my
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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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The painting "The Runaway" by the famous artist Norman Rockwell shows a young runway boy having a conversation with a local constable at a diner. In my opinion the policeman is trying to talk some sense to the child‚ convincing him to go back home to his family. While the waiter is helping to better out the situation and basically doing a moral deed. This is interesting because with the posture of the police officer and the waiter and how they are closely speaking with the kid‚ I can assume that
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