1. When moral principles conflict with the greater good,
which do you generally prioritize?
2. You are hiding an innocent person from someone
who intends to murder them. The murderer asks whether
the person is hiding in your house.
3. Publicly executing one completely innocent person
would scare 100 potential criminals enough to prevent
them from committing serious crimes, potentially saving
many lives. Would you order the execution?
4. A runaway trolley will kill 5 people.
You can pull a lever and divert it onto another track,
where it will kill 1 person instead. Do you pull the lever?
5. A trolley will kill 5 people.
The only way to stop it is to push a stranger
onto the tracks, killing them but saving the 5 people.
Do you push them?
6. A person is known with certainty to be planning
to commit a serious crime in the future. Punishing them
now would prevent the crime and save many people.
Is it morally acceptable to punish them before they
commit the crime?
7. A terrorist has planted a bomb that could kill
many innocent people. The terrorist has been captured,
but refuses to reveal where the bomb is.
Is it morally acceptable to torture the terrorist
to obtain the location of the bomb?