Saturday, August 20, 2016

Cathelina 
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The thing that I really want to talk about is a book about a  Philosophy question--The trolley problem, that I just finished reading.

It is a hundred years old ethic questions that many world-known philosopher can't even solve. To describe it simply, that is a trolley is driving in a high speed toward the fork of a track. One one track, there are five person tied up by the rope, they cannot move at all. On another side of the track, there is a single person walking on it and doesn't aware that the trolley is coming. If you are the drive of that trolley, you can have two options, to drive toward the five person that are tied together, to save that pedestrian,  or you can drive toward the single pedestrian to save 5 people. And these two options are related to two kinds of isms. The one is called the 'utilitarianism', and another is called the 'Kantism'. In case of utilitarianism, the driver is gonna save the five people that are tied together, and drive toward the single person, as he/she can save as more people as itself can. That is also the option that most people prefer. People's common mind are like, to save more people, to gain more benefits. However, is it fair for that pedestrian if the driver kill he /she?  While sometimes, it also depends on the gender of people, since in the period that the 'trolley problem happened, it is not an age for Feminism, the driver will probably choose to save the single person if the tied up people are mostly female. 

There are truly many factors that are gonna determine the result of this question. That is why this question has not been solved for hundred of years. 

3 comments:

  1. Cathelina, you did not follow instructions. This blog is supposed to be about YOU! Please be sure to visit my BLOG site for the prompt.
    Grammar: 14/20 late -1 Off topic -2
    Grade: 11/20

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  2. The thing that I really want to talk about is a book, which answers a philosophical question.
    It is a hundred year old ethical questions many world-known philosophers can't solve. To describe it simply, that is a trolley is driving at a high speed toward the fork of a track. On one track, there are five people tied up by a rope; they cannot move at all. On other side of the track, there is a single person walking it and isn't aware that the trolley is coming. The driver of the trolley has two options: to drive towards the five people that are tied together, or the one pedestrian. These two options are related to two kinds of' isms'. The one is called 'utilitarianism', and the other is called 'Kantism'. In utilitarianism, the driver will save the five people that are tied together and drive toward the single person, because he could save more lives. That is also the option that most people prefer. People naturally think to more people for more benefits. However, is it fair for that pedestrian if the driver killed him or her?

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  3. What happened to the title of the book? Not all errors corrected.
    +2 13/20
    Remember to stay on topic!

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