ethics 101

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I'm not completely won over by the justification of utilitarianism by the trolley thought experiment. Of course, 90% of people would choose to turn the wheel as the former conductor (for the first scenario). Then 90% of people would hop from utilitarianism (the greatest good for the largest amount of people) for deontology (universal moral laws). For the second scenario, 90% of people intuitively—yet morally inconsistent—think that sacrificing one to save more is wrong. After that fact, they realize that they should actually push the fat man (for the second scenario) to be consistent.

            In retrospect, this is what I think: deontology may be the better system. What if intentionally going out of your way to “save lives” you don’t. What if something else goes wrong with the train? I don’t know, what if something far worse happens? I suppose I’m poking at not absolutely knowing outcomes. And that, it may be better to stay “pure” and true to categorical imparities in the long-run. Therefore, maybe deontology is best for everything.