https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s Please click on the pink + sign at the bottom right corner to post your comment. en-us 2017-11-17 19:26:48 UTC 2023-01-24 09:52:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/452317346 I agree in that I would switch the points to sacrifice one to save five. I would not push the man off the bridge. That does have the similar outcome more it is to much of a direct way to sacrifice the one person, where switching the points doesn't feel so person.]]> 2020-02-29 02:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/452317346 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/452423646 So no matter what the outcome is, you would need to make the decision that you would have to live with. If the decision was mine to make, I would switch the lever to change the direction of the trolley. With this, I would not directly be the cause of the death by the person on the tracks, however, if I pushed the guy, I would be the reason for his death. By switching the tracks of the trolley, there may be time for the guy on the tracks to see the train and get off. By pushing the guy, there is no going back with how the outcome will be.]]> 2020-02-29 17:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/452423646 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/452770879 In this situation no matter what you choose there is a life at stake and you will have to live with that choice for the rest of your life. I would more than likely switch the lever to change the direction of the trolley and risk sacrificing one life over five lives. Like many others I would not push the man off the bridge because then I would be the direct cause of his death. ]]> 2020-03-02 05:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/452770879 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/453942434 In this situation I would not be able to push the man off of the bridge and cause his death. This option would save 6 lives but, I would be the direct cause of his death. Inevitably there has to be a death in this situation. My choice would be to switch the lever to save 6 lives including the man on the bridge, and sacrifice one life. I believe the biggest difference in these three choices is that pushing the man off of the bridge is a direct action of mine. Whereas I cannot control the fact that the train is going to kill someone. What I can control is not choosing to sacrifice the man on the bridge but, sacrificing someone who potentially could not be saved anyway. ]]> 2020-03-03 20:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/453942434 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/453948662 I personally do not believe in the "Black and White" ethical dilemma as presented here. I always believe there are more options than what is given, even if they require thinking way outside the box to come up with. For example, in the first scenario, I believe that by timing the switch so that the train passes over the intersection as the switch is moving, the train would derail and possibly save all 6 workers. While there is no guarantee, I prefer the chance of saving everyone (no matter how small it is) to guaranteeing the death of even one worker. In the second scenario, I must take into consideration other options as well. I am 6'5 and weigh well over 400 pounds. As such, rather than push the large man over the edge, I would place myself in front of the train instead, thereby having the same effect of stopping the train and saving the lives of the workers and the large man.]]> 2020-03-03 20:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/453948662 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/454116007 I would only opt for pushing the person if I knew that their body could stop it (which my trolley knowledge is sub par) and if nobody knew that I was the one that pushed the person. Pushing the person results in the same outcome as pulling the lever, saving 5 lives. The issue is society will see you pushing the person as murder. Which in turn pulling the lever would also be murder. Then wouldn't not pulling the lever or pushing the person be murdering the 5 people you could have saved? Most problems don't have a yes or no, just outcomes.]]> 2020-03-04 04:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/454116007 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/454793023 I agree that pulling the lever would be the better choice and I believe pushing the man would be intentionally killing someone to save others so i do not agree with that. But, pulling the lever could possibly have a different outcome because maybe the worker sees it and moves out the way. Pulling a lever in hopes to saving all the workers but pushing a man your intentionally killing one to save another. ]]> 2020-03-05 02:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/454793023 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/456072854 2020-03-06 21:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/456072854 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/456213341


If you switch the direction the train is going in to save the 5 people, that would be the best option.  You still would have hope that that one person would see the train coming and jump out of the way, or hear someone scream that it was coming.  In the option to push the man off of the bridge, you are essentially just pushing him to his death, with no hope for a good outcome.   ]]> 2020-03-07 12:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/456213341 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/456556259
In this case I would switch the direction of the train to save the five people because it has a greater outcome of people surviving. However I would not push the man off the bridge it is directing the death of the person on you rather than the train and it is too direct of a way to sacrifice someone. ]]> 2020-03-08 21:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/456556259 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/457291563 If I had to choose I would switch the lever to change the direction of the trolley. No matter which decision you choose lives are at stake. I would have to choose to risk only one life over five lives. I would not push the man off the bridge because then I would be directly the cause of his death. There’s never a right decision when it comes to these choices]]> 2020-03-10 02:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/457291563 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/466159850 From what i have learned, risking one life to save others is the more "ethical" of the matter. Though it would be a great hope that things would not come down to this. It's what i found to be an ages old dilhemma, and breaking it down there would be no real reason to kill more people versus saving one. There's a whole study done on this entire thing. When i did my own research on the matter, i noticed that it seemed like 90% of people would choose to kill the one over the five. ]]> 2020-03-19 12:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/466159850 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/699798048 I believe that switching the direction of the trolley would be the best option because morally I would rather sacrifice one person this way rather than intentionally pushing someone off the bridge. trying to save 5 people through changing the trolley direction seems a little more ethical than pushing someone off of a bridge.]]> 2020-08-26 13:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/699798048 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/700024197 In the end, with any of the three decisions, a life will be lost. I would change the direction of the trolley, so only one man is killed. Those five lives are saved along with the man on the bridge. I would not push the man on the bridge because he is an innocent bystander and I do not want to be the cause of his death. ]]> 2020-08-26 14:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/700024197 https://padlet.com/walsh_instructionaldesign/5gn42yocnk8s/wish/701506940 I totally understand what they are saying that most people will switch the direction of the trolley, I totally believe that most people will do that. What I find interesting is that people would rather kill five than pushing that large man over the bridge. Maybe it has something with the push to do? If you just switch the trolley's direction it feels like you are more saving five persons, rather than killing one. However, if you're pushing someone it feels like you killed someone rather then save five people. It feels more ethical correct to switch the trolleys direction, than pushing a large man. 

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