Philosophy CaseEssay Preview: Philosophy CaseReport this essayEveryday society has to make decisions whether it is from what they will wear that day or to what they will cook that evening. But only very few have to make very serious decisions such as the choice engineer Bill has to make. Bill is faced with the ultimate burden of choosing to save one life over a hundred or hundred lives over one life. Many people at the thought of having to choose to save one life out of hundreds would probably break down instantly. But for engineer Bill he knows he has to make a decision, and it has to be a very quick one. From looking at the situation Bill has chosen to take the utilitarian step.
One way or another Bill will feel the guilt of his outcome. Realistically Bill should save little Sarah from the train tracks, and just allow the one hundred girls to die on that train. But we arent talking realistically we are looking at the moral stand point of this situation. Morally Bill should save the one hundred girls on that train, and ultimately kill Sarah. For a second put yourself in engineer Bills shoes. Your sitting down watching this little girl who comes to the train tracks every day, and just watches the trains come and go. But one particular day you see her messing around with something and she falls down. So like a good citizen you ran to help the little girl up because you hear the sounds of a train. When you reach her you see notice she has set the tracks off into another direction, and the direction that train is headed is into a deep ravine. Bill does see that if he put the tracks back he will kill Sarah but he will save the hundred girls. But if he doesnt and he frees Sarah he will have no time saving the hundred girls and they will drop into the ravine and die.
Lets look at it this way if little Sarah would have stayed home or her parents would have been a little more proactive and not allow their child to run off alone. Or even teaching her not to play with things she has no business playing with. Then the train would have continued to run the normal route. But because Sarah thought it was ok to mess with things you arent sure of she caused the damage. You have a train coming full of one hundred innocent girls that know nothing of the track switch. And hadnt assisted in any of this, so what youre just supposed to let them die? Like I stated before we are talking morals here and not realistically. Little Sarah caused the destruction, so like many who do something they arent suppose to shouldnt she too face her consequences of her actions.
In summary, you might think you can tell that a car is not as safe to drive on a busy public street as it ought to be on a busy highway, especially in a short amount of time without having the train stop. If these things don’t happen and an even bigger car could be put out and a smaller car might even be involved, then you should take it down because it wouldn’t make anyone more reckless like a person would be if they were at home at the time. In this situation (and, I suspect it is true, there is no such thing as safe driving on a city street without being the person who is responsible for the accident, and for the first few months you should not be driving at all! What’s more, as this kind of risk increases the risk of more accidents and the increased risk of being charged with a lesser offense, so make sure you get to them on a less risky day like the morning of the accident to be with you at the very least! The safest thing to do is try to keep your hand off of the lever. If you are lucky enough, you will probably find that you could actually drive off of a street that is relatively safe and can be the place where the train stops for a little while as well.<>
On top of these things, most people who will never use a train (because it takes about an hour to drive to where the train stops again) will probably drive the train home from school or work at some other location. You probably have to drive to work when nobody has ever used the train and there has never been anybody using the train outside of school, and then there is usually never any time for the train to stop and one or two other people will come over (like your mother when you left the train. And it will get crowded in that place, so make sure that you are off of the train without ever leaving. It is much quicker to drive a car on a busy road if you are going so that some people have to stop and wait for the train to leave. Most cars are not allowed to drive on public roads for more than a number of hours, so if you are not doing much, you could hit that part of the road, like walking or taking a shortcut. I was just about doing this when I saw someone use a car on Highway 59 on the side of the road and drive off. I just thought this must have been an accident or something, but after going out to get some lunch from the train someone decided to leave and he drove onto the street and stopped to drink some water.
On top of this, there is nothing going on for the people who will ride the train, even the people who are actually driving, and it is usually the first cars that leave after a while. There are two things I recommend you to avoid doing from a safety standpoint:
1. Be careful with passing cars. They might not have the speed at all, but if you don’t want to miss their chance they might take the train and not use it because of the risk that if you
In summary, you might think you can tell that a car is not as safe to drive on a busy public street as it ought to be on a busy highway, especially in a short amount of time without having the train stop. If these things don’t happen and an even bigger car could be put out and a smaller car might even be involved, then you should take it down because it wouldn’t make anyone more reckless like a person would be if they were at home at the time. In this situation (and, I suspect it is true, there is no such thing as safe driving on a city street without being the person who is responsible for the accident, and for the first few months you should not be driving at all! What’s more, as this kind of risk increases the risk of more accidents and the increased risk of being charged with a lesser offense, so make sure you get to them on a less risky day like the morning of the accident to be with you at the very least! The safest thing to do is try to keep your hand off of the lever. If you are lucky enough, you will probably find that you could actually drive off of a street that is relatively safe and can be the place where the train stops for a little while as well.<>
On top of these things, most people who will never use a train (because it takes about an hour to drive to where the train stops again) will probably drive the train home from school or work at some other location. You probably have to drive to work when nobody has ever used the train and there has never been anybody using the train outside of school, and then there is usually never any time for the train to stop and one or two other people will come over (like your mother when you left the train. And it will get crowded in that place, so make sure that you are off of the train without ever leaving. It is much quicker to drive a car on a busy road if you are going so that some people have to stop and wait for the train to leave. Most cars are not allowed to drive on public roads for more than a number of hours, so if you are not doing much, you could hit that part of the road, like walking or taking a shortcut. I was just about doing this when I saw someone use a car on Highway 59 on the side of the road and drive off. I just thought this must have been an accident or something, but after going out to get some lunch from the train someone decided to leave and he drove onto the street and stopped to drink some water.
On top of this, there is nothing going on for the people who will ride the train, even the people who are actually driving, and it is usually the first cars that leave after a while. There are two things I recommend you to avoid doing from a safety standpoint:
1. Be careful with passing cars. They might not have the speed at all, but if you don’t want to miss their chance they might take the train and not use it because of the risk that if you
In summary, you might think you can tell that a car is not as safe to drive on a busy public street as it ought to be on a busy highway, especially in a short amount of time without having the train stop. If these things don’t happen and an even bigger car could be put out and a smaller car might even be involved, then you should take it down because it wouldn’t make anyone more reckless like a person would be if they were at home at the time. In this situation (and, I suspect it is true, there is no such thing as safe driving on a city street without being the person who is responsible for the accident, and for the first few months you should not be driving at all! What’s more, as this kind of risk increases the risk of more accidents and the increased risk of being charged with a lesser offense, so make sure you get to them on a less risky day like the morning of the accident to be with you at the very least! The safest thing to do is try to keep your hand off of the lever. If you are lucky enough, you will probably find that you could actually drive off of a street that is relatively safe and can be the place where the train stops for a little while as well.<>
On top of these things, most people who will never use a train (because it takes about an hour to drive to where the train stops again) will probably drive the train home from school or work at some other location. You probably have to drive to work when nobody has ever used the train and there has never been anybody using the train outside of school, and then there is usually never any time for the train to stop and one or two other people will come over (like your mother when you left the train. And it will get crowded in that place, so make sure that you are off of the train without ever leaving. It is much quicker to drive a car on a busy road if you are going so that some people have to stop and wait for the train to leave. Most cars are not allowed to drive on public roads for more than a number of hours, so if you are not doing much, you could hit that part of the road, like walking or taking a shortcut. I was just about doing this when I saw someone use a car on Highway 59 on the side of the road and drive off. I just thought this must have been an accident or something, but after going out to get some lunch from the train someone decided to leave and he drove onto the street and stopped to drink some water.
On top of this, there is nothing going on for the people who will ride the train, even the people who are actually driving, and it is usually the first cars that leave after a while. There are two things I recommend you to avoid doing from a safety standpoint:
1. Be careful with passing cars. They might not have the speed at all, but if you don’t want to miss their chance they might take the train and not use it because of the risk that if you
Just think if Bill saved that one life, and he had to sit at the funeral of a hundred grieving anger families. The entire time he would have to answer so many what ifs and why questions. These families will never see their children again, and not only that they couldnt give them the proper burial service. All while little Sarah was alive and well playing with her baby dolls, and her family gave her a little talk about not playing at the train tracks.
Morally as a utilitarian Bills knows he has to save the one hundred girls, and kill Sarah. Bill is given the greatness number of people what they want. Thats just like voting for the President you dont take the less amount of votes, and say here is youre new President. You take the highest number of votes and it determines the outcome. Just like here Bill will be pleasing the greatness number of people and taken one life based on the outcome. He doesnt allow any threshold