Ethical dilemma: Would you sacrifice a person to save five?

LISTENING
Instructions: Watch the following video
https://youtu.be/yg16u_bzjPE?si=P_riMXPi3fexkszc
answer the questions below:
Part 1: Listen from minute 0:00 to 1:03 and answer the
question below:

1. What is his ethical dilemma about?

The ethical dilemma of the train poses a moral conflict between saving five people by
activating a switch and causing the death of a single person on another track.

Part 2: Listen from minute 1:04 to 1:29 and answer the question below:
2. What is the philosophical principle of “utilitarianism” about?

Utilitarianism is a philosophical principle that holds that an action is morally correct if it

produces the greatest happiness or well-being for the greatest number of people.

Part 3: Listen from minute 1:30 to 2:19 and answer the question below:

3. What is the “throwing the man to tracks” example about and how does it change people´s
view of the dilemma?

The example of “throwing the man onto the tracks” is a variant of the train dilemma
that poses whether one would be willing to sacrifice a person to save others, adding
a more direct and personal dimension to the moral conflict.

Part 4: Listen from minute 2:20 to 2:52 and answer the question below:

4. How “gender” changes the perceptions of this moral dilemma?

Gender can influence perceptions and responses to moral dilemmas, showing

differences in the willingness to sacrifice lives for collective benefit.
Part 5: Listen from minute 3:30 to 3:44 and answer the question below:

5. Why is this dilemma criticized by some philosophers and psychologists?

Some philosophers and psychologists criticize the train dilemma for simplifying the moral
complexity of real situations and focusing on unrealistic extreme scenarios.

Part 6: Listen from minute 3:55 – 4:35 and answer the question below:
6. This answer must be on a video. How will technology and machines use this type of
analysis in the future?

In the future, technology and machines could use ethical analyzes similar to the train dilemma
to program moral decisions in contexts such as autonomous vehicles, generating debates
about how to incorporate complex ethical principles into algorithms and systems.