In a trolley car scenario, which moral theory requires that the driver turn the trolley do that it kills one person, but spare the five that the trolley would have otherwise killed?

What will be an ideal response?


utilitarianism

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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"If we forbid citizens from shooting at trespassers on their property, then everyone would freely trespass on private property and there would be anarchy." Which of the following informal fallacies has been illustrated through the given argument?

A. the slippery-slope fallacy B. the fallacy of popular appeal C. the fallacy of hasty generalization D. the naturalistic fallacy

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According to Regan, what determines whether a creature has inherent value is whether

it:

a. can reason b. is an experiencing subject of a life c. has the requisite intelligence d. is autonomous

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