The Trolley Problem (from TEDxEd)

In surveys, how do people say they would respond to the classic trolley problem?

• About half would flip the switch to divert the trolley

• About 90 percent would not flip the switch

• There is no pattern; different surveys find very different results

• About 90 percent would flip the switch

The decision to flip the switch, sacrificing one worker to save five, is consistent with which philosophical principle?

• Virtue ethics

• Utilitarianism

• Sentimentalism

• The principle of moral equivalence

The lesson discusses a common variation on the trolley problem that involves:

• A family member as the single person on the second track

• Pushing a large man off a bridge

• Pushing a pregnant woman off a bridge

• A family member as the single person on the second track

In studies of the bridge version, which of the following are mentioned in the lesson as factors influencing the decision?

• The gender of the person surveyed

• The mood of the person being surveyed

• The gender of the person on the bridge

• All of the above

The classic and bridge versions of the problem both activate regions of the brain associated with:

• Conscious decision-making and emotional response

• Processing internal conflict

• A and b

• None of the above

Define the principle of utilitarianism, and explain how it applies to the trolley problem.

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Why might the trolley problem be relevant to engineers developing technology for driverless cars?

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