20. The Trolley Problem

You can sit there and let five innocent people die, or you can actively cause the death of one innocent person. What do you do? Additional Resources The Guardian on the Trolley Problem: https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2016/dec/12/the-trolley-problem-would-you-kill-one-person-to-save-many-others Philippa Foot: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philippa-foot/ Consequentialism: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/#ClaUti Deontology: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-deontological/ Human cause more self-driving accidents than humans (proportionately): https://fortune.com/2018/08/29/self-driving-car-accidents/ Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=jz4eZ9fWTE6F-Wrdl7rb9A