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The trolley problem addresses an issue in ethics. There is a trolley running down on the railway, and there are five people tied up on the railway. The trolley is running toward them. You have a lever that switches the trolley to the other side of the railway, however, there is one person tied up on the other side as well. You have two options: 1) Do not pull the lever and the trolley kills five people, or 2) Pull the lever and kill one person only. For this issue, we will be using the Golden rule

the city’s geographical issues. Method 1 In order to figure out some of the current main functions of Carlisle, the first research method used for this report was two RICEPOTS surveys of different areas in Carlisle – the CBD (the square near the Tourist Information Centre) and the area from West Tower Street to Corporation Road. These areas were chosen to display a contrast in the land usage of two areas of Carlisle which are close together. The RICEPOTS surveys were completed by walking around

Abortion is a major issue that has lead to many different opinions, ideas, and various debates. Proponents for abortion often use the fact that a fetus is not a moral person to justify their position, whereas those who are against the issue often claim that a fetus is a moral person and should deserve every right a moral person has, including the right to live. Judith Jarvis Thomson, however, takes an entirely different approach. In her article “A Defense of Abortion” Thomson argues that even if

1. The relationship between the CRC and the Optional Protocol is supplemental, being that the CRC is the binding/ruling international law on children’s rights and the Optional Protocol expounds and expands upon issues that the CRC did not address sufficiently. The Optional Protocol is a separate convention that expands on three issues: armed conflict, sale of children, and communication. States that choose to ratify the Optional Protocol, do so by the same methods as the CRC, thus superseding the

What is and isn’t owned Thomson and the Trolley Problem Most people think that killing is worse than letting die. The latter is a fact. Throughout her essay, Thomson explores this idea and comes to the surprising conclusion that it is sometimes permissible to kill instead of letting die. This along with the famous Trolley Problem, first introduced by Philippa Foot, as well as a few other examples and variations, leave the reader with ambiguity on the subject: exactly under which circumstances is

There are times when doing the right thing can lead to bad consequences. For example, if your family is about to be killed by a criminal and the only thing you can do to protect your family from being murdered is to kill the person who is threatening them, you would feel it necessary to commit an evil in order to prevent a greater misfortune. On the other hand, the actor in cases such as this faces a moral dilemma of having to kill someone. This is where the Doctrine of Double Effect comes into play

A Closed Family: Growth Through Suffering      The novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is one of Tyler’s more complex because it involves not only the growth of the mother, Pearl Tull, but each of her children as well. Pearl must except her faults in raising her children, and her children must all face their own loneliness, jealousy, or imperfection. It is in doing this that they find connections to their family. They find growth through suffering.      “Cody

Do you need to plan a family vacation, but are uncertain where to start? Family vacations provide an excellent chance to enjoy some quality time with your loved ones. The key is to choose the right type of vacation for your particular needs. Here are some ideas to make your family getaways as special as possible: 1. Beaches. While the expression "life's a beach" doesn't always apply, it certainly can if you choose a trip to the beach as your family vacation. The beach provides plenty of activities

discussion with the audience through four stories followed by audience responses to, What's the right thing to do?" Story one was about five workers on a trolley which does not have working breaks. If the trolley crash, all five passengers will die. However, there is a worker working on the track. The moral dilemma is, do they allow the trolley to keep straight and crash killing all five passengers, or do they use the steering wheel to turn, resulting in the death of the worker that is working on

The trolley problem is a hypothetical scenario created by philosopher Phillipa Foot in 1967 to challenge ones moral beliefs on what action they would take in two difficult scenarios. There are many adaptions to the original scenarios, however for the purpose of this essay the two scenarios can be described as follows. In the first scenario you are in a trolley cart travelling down a hill on train tracks and there are five people tied to the track ahead. You notice a lever next to you, which will