Would you sacrifice one person to save five?

Title:
Would you sacrifice one person to save five?
Speaker:
Eleanor Nelsen
Description:

Imagine you're watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks, straight towards five workers. You happen to be standing next to a switch that will divert the trolley onto a second track. Here's the problem: that track has a worker on it, too — but just one. What do you do? Do you sacrifice one person to save five? Eleanor Nelsen details the ethical dilemma that is the trolley problem. [Directed Eoin Duffy, narrated by Addison Anderson, sound by David Kamp].

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TED-Ed
Duration:
04:56