Ethical Systems, Moral Dilemmas

Select a dilemma related to one of the moral dilemmas we have recently discussed in class: Voting, Vegetarianism, Experimentation on Animals, Capital Punishment, Trolley Problem, or Distribution of Public Resources.

–     Select a moral theory: Utilitarianism, Kant’s Principle of Universalizability or Humanity from the Categorical Imperative, or Scanlon’s Contract theory.

–       Write an essay in which you apply your chosen moral theory to your chosen dilemma, defending a position about what the moral theory entails about how the dilemma should be resolved.

1- chosen Dilemma : The Trolley Problem 

2- Chosen moral theory : Utilitarianism 

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