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WorksheetsThe trolley problem
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
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
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
