See the Lesson Attachment link above for a PDF of this lesson plan. Stimulus: Introduce Scenario 1:1 1:1: You are a train driver. As you are driving you look ahead and see 5 people trapped on the tracks. There is no way that you will be able to stop the train before running them over … Trolley Problem Ethics
The new technology of driverless cards has opened up a real-world corollary to the 65- year-old philosophical tradition of trolley problems. The basic question here involves how these cars should be programmed: is the goal to protect passengers or others out on the road? Read these the two articles and watch the video, which focuses … Should Driverless Cars Kill Their Passengers?
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