An Ethical Experiment: The Trolley Dilemma
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 the trolley to an alternate way. However, as it turns out, there is also one victim on that alternative track. As a result, you have two options to chose:
1. Do not undertake any actions and let the trolley kill five people.
2. Pull the lever letting
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 the trolley to an alternate way. However, as it turns out, there is also one victim on that alternative track. As a result, you have two options to chose:
1. Do not undertake any actions and let the trolley kill five people.
2. Pull the lever letting