Discuss why you think most people say they are willing to change the track even if it results in killing one person because it will save more lives...

Discuss why you think most people say they are willing to change the track even if it results in killing one person because it will save more lives on balance. But more importantly, explain why when the dilemma is changed slightly so you have to actually push someone over the tracks to stop the train most people say this would be wrong even though lives would be saved. Are their times when virtues outweigh utilitarian ethics? Or is this just emotions outweighing the cold logic of utilitarianism? Apply the concepts of virtue ethics and utilitarian ethics to this dilemma.

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