ACTIVITY 3: PHILIPPA FOOT’S TROLLEY There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the side track. You have two options: (1) Do nothing, and the trolley kills the five people on the main track. (2) Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will kill one person. Which is the correct choice? Submit a power point presentation. SLIDE 1: What is ethical relativism? SLIDE 2: What is subjective ethical relativism? SLIDE 3: What is conventional ethical relativism? SLIDE 4: Should moral principles derive their validity from dependence on individual choice? SLIDE 5: Should moral principles derive their validity from dependence on social choice? SLIDE 6: Is it the correct choice to do nothing and the trolley kills the five people? SLIDE 7: Is it the correct choice to pull the lever, diverting the trolley and kill one person? SLIDE 8: Would you criticize someone if he chooses to do nothing and the trolley kills the five people? SLIDE 9: Would you criticize someone if he chooses to pull the lever, diverting the trolley and kill one person? SLIDE 10: Should we tolerate everyone’s moral choices even if they contradict our own values?
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