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Trolleyology Response
Trolleyology is an ethical dilemma which is greatly responded by the people from the Utilitarian frame of mind. The chapter by Joshua Greene in the book title “Moral Tribes Emotion, Reason, And The Gap Between Us And Them” sufficiently explains the decision making ability. The author in this chapter comprehended on two ethical dilemmas that are switch dilemma and footbridge dilemma. In the switch dilemma, there is a person who saw a trolley coming towards five men on the railroad. The person can switch the track of the train, and only one man will be killed since on the other side there is one man working. Most people respond to this as a good idea. The footbridge dilemma is also similar but to save the lives of five men one man with the bag pack is to be pushed from the footbridge and most people respond to this as a bad decision.
The author effectively explained about the difference of opinion through the notion of a dual-process theory of moral judgment. Through this theory, the author explained that in both the dilemma the people use (Greene). Utilitarian frame of decision making which means that action which benefits more people like saving five and killing one is a better decision. But when emotions get attached to the situation, people negate the Utilitarianism. It is known as the dual-process of moral judgment. By this, the author meant that people use abstract thinking when the emotions are absent like in the switch dilemma, and they use sympathetic thinking when emotions are attached.
Adding to this viewpoint by Greene I believe that the reason of using sympathetic thinking in the footbridge dilemma is because more efforts are required in pushing a man from the footbridge and there is a physical contact which is missing in the switch dilemma.
References
Greene, J. (2014). Moral tribes: Emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them. Penguin.
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