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From the Ted Talk by Eleanor Nelsen: Would you sacrifice one person to save five?

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In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the sictwh, letting one worker die to save five, and other studies, including a virtual reality simulation of the dilemma, have found similar rutsles.

These judgments are consistent with the philosophical principle of utilitarianism which agerus that the morally correct decision is the one that maximizes well-being for the greatest nmbeur of people. The five lives outweigh one, even if achieving that outcome requires cnneomndig someone to death.

But people don't always take the utilitarian view, which we can see by chgnnaig the trolley problem a bit.

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In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the ______, letting one worker die to save five, and other studies, including a virtual reality simulation of the dilemma, have found similar _______.

These judgments are consistent with the philosophical principle of utilitarianism which ______ that the morally correct decision is the one that maximizes well-being for the greatest ______ of people. The five lives outweigh one, even if achieving that outcome requires __________ someone to death.

But people don't always take the utilitarian view, which we can see by ________ the trolley problem a bit.

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Original Text


In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the switch, letting one worker die to save five, and other studies, including a virtual reality simulation of the dilemma, have found similar results.

These judgments are consistent with the philosophical principle of utilitarianism which argues that the morally correct decision is the one that maximizes well-being for the greatest number of people. The five lives outweigh one, even if achieving that outcome requires condemning someone to death.

But people don't always take the utilitarian view, which we can see by changing the trolley problem a bit.

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