How Much Vaccine Collateral Damage Is Acceptable?
Would you maim or kill a smaller number of people to save a greater number of people? The dangers of utilitarianism.
The trolley car scenario, also known as the trolley problem, is a philosophical ethical dilemma that presents a situation where a person must decide whether to divert a runaway trolley onto a track where it would kill fewer people or do nothing and allow it to continue on its current path where it would kill more people.
This scenario is often used to e…