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Trolley Problem

By Laura Pollock

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Classic Trolley: Do you let the trolley hit 5 people or pull the lever for it to only hit one?

• Pull the lever-hits one person

• Do Nothing-It hits 5

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What if the one person is your friend? The 5 people are strangers.

• Pull the lever-it hits your friend

• Do Nothing-it hits 5 strangers

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What if the one person was your family member (child, parent, sibling)?

• Pull the Lever-it hits your family member

• Do nothing-it hits 5 strangers

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Body Builder: Do you push the body builder off a bridge to stop the trolley and save 5 people?

• Push the Body Builder off the Bridge, save 5 people

• Do nothing-train hits 5 people

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A surgeon can save five patients in critical condition, but must take organs from a healthy person who won't survive.

• Operate on the healthy person, saves 5

• Do nothing-5 ill people do not survive.