Consider Your Response to the Trolley Problem

question 6

Essay

Consider your response to the trolley problem. Would you change tracks? Now consider that it is not one worker who would die but a loved one. Would that change your response? And if it does change your response, do you think this is justified?

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Definitions:

Micro-Structures

The small-scale social patterns and interactions that occur within societies, such as in families or friend groups.

Social Experience

The process of learning and interacting with society, influencing an individual's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

Male Privilege

The set of societal advantages that benefit men over women, often unrecognized by those who possess them.

Patriarchy

A social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property.