思维命题（Thinking proposition）.doc

思维命题（Thinking proposition） Battle, ERON, the drawn! 10. trolley Problem (The Trolley) trolley problem, one of the most well-known ideological experiments in the field of ethics, its content is roughly: a madman tied five innocent people on the tram tracks. An out of control tram came towards them and rolled them up after a while. Fortunately, you can pull a tie rod and let the trolley drive to another track. But theres one more problem. The madman tied another man on that other track. Considering the above situation, should you pull the rod? Interpretation: trolley problems are used to critique the main theories of ethical philosophy, especially utilitarianism. The utilitarian point of view is that most ethical decisions are based on the principle of providing maximum benefit for the greatest number of people. From a utilitarian point of view, the obvious choice should be to pull a stick and sacrifice one person to save five people. But opponents argue that once you pull the tie, you do an immoral act because you have to shoulder most of the responsibility for the death of a single person on another track. However, other people think that you are in such a situation that you are required to do something, and that your inaction is immoral, because after all, five is greater than one, which is intuitive. In short, it is not complete (not everyone is satisfied) to complete this moral act, which is where the point is. Many philosophers use the trolley problem as an example of real-life situations, sometimes forcing a person against his own moral standards, and in a situation where morality is impossible to judge. Whats more, five people have your wife, one person and your son over there, how do you choose? Im afraid youll be very calm. At that time, subconscious (abandon logical thinking) to make judgments, do and do not do, and how to do is not persistent. When there is always a contradiction in life, there is always injustice. Because everything in the world is a unit