Thursday, February 20, 2014

Human rights and the Trolley problem 1

When it comes to a matter of life and death and you have the option of choosing either, what would you do?

There's a very popular situation called the Trolley problem. There are two situations that I would like to take a closer look at since I'm discussing human rights.

Keep in mind that EVERY individual is granted the freedom of life, liberty, while having the right to be free of torture.

Trolley Problem 1:

There's a trolley coming on its normal path and you notice that there are five individuals defenselessly tied to the tracks begging for help. You're standing above on a bridge alongside a heavier set individual of whom you are behind and they don't notice you. What do you do in this instance?

Most people would say to just push that individual over the bridge in efforts to stop the trolley but this is rather inhumane, in fact I feel as though this is a form of torture. This person has a RIGHT to be free of torture of any form especially if it can be prevented. The best answer for this situation would be to simply throw yourself off of the bridge that way the burden of guilt of intentionally killing someone isn't in existence.

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