Tuesday 26 April 2022

Should he kill the fat man?

At the last class in term 1 on 6/4/22, we had fun discussing the scenario called "Should he kill the fat man?" in the following website.

https://www.philosophyexperiments.com/

The following were the voting results in class that day compare to other people , shown as % in ( ), using the website.

                                                                                                    YES                        NO

1. Is torture is always wrong?                                                 8 votes (65%)          0 vote  (35%)

2. Should we maximize happiness?                                        5 votes (48%)          3 votes (52%)

3. Is it always wrong to cause another person's death?          8 votes (59%)          0 vote (41%)

4. Should we save lives of innocent people?                          8 votes (77%)          0 vote (23%)    

5. Should he turn the train (kill 1 to save 5 people)                 7 votes                     0 vote

6. Should he push the fat man to save 5 people?                   0 votes                     8 votes

7. Should he push the fat saboteur onto the track?                 5 votes                     3 votes  

8 Should he torture the fat man to save many lives?               8 votes                     0 votes



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