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Trolley Problem

Should you sacrifice one to save five?

Overview

A moral dilemma questioning utilitarian versus deontological ethics through a runaway trolley scenario.

A trolley is heading toward five people who will die. You can pull a lever to divert it to another track where it will kill one person. Should you pull the lever? What about pushing a large person off a bridge to stop the trolley?

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