The handout “Introductory Ethics Examples” (available in the Week 1 module) discusses two versions of the Runaway Trolley problem, and Afghan Goatherds case.
In each version of Runaway Trolley, a choice must be made between 1 life and 5 lives. What do you think is the right moral choice to make in Version 1? What about Version 2? Are the reasons for these two choices consistent with each other? Explain why. Moreover, in the Afghan Goatherds case, What do you think, from a moral standpoint, the soldiers should have done in this situation? Why?
