Should+You+Kill+the+Fat+Man?+-+Analysis

=__Victor's Results Should You Kill the Fat Man? - Analysis __=

The scenarios featured in this activity have been constructed to elicit contrasting intuitions about whether it is justified to end the life of one person in order to save the lives of some other greater number of people. Here is a summary of the results to date:
 * = Responses ||
 * || Victor's Responses || Mr Schult's Responses || Myriam's Responses ||
 * Is torture always wrong? || Yes || No || Yes ||
 * Is morality about maximising total happiness? || No || No || Yes ||
 * Is it always wrong to cause another person's death? || Yes || No || Yes ||
 * Should you always save the lives of innocent people? || Yes || Yes || Yes ||
 * Should Casey Jones divert the train? || No || Yes || Yes ||
 * Should the fat man be pushed onto the track? || No || Yes || No ||
 * Should the saboteur be pushed onto the track? || No || Yes || Yes ||
 * Should the fat man be tortured? || No || Yes || Yes ||

Mr. Schult says "Interesting contrast with Victor's. We both scored 100% on the moral consistency, but in opposite directions. I'm interested to see why the 'Yes' response drops from 84 to 31 when you go from throwing the switch to actually pushing the fat man. Ethicists have used that as a proof that we do not act in a utilitarian way. Is that proof that utilitarianism is wrong? Or just inconsistent with human behaviour? Does it make a difference?

Edit the page, right click on the table above, add a column and let us know how you did. =V ictor's Consistency Score=

Your moral consistency score is 100% (higher is better) Well done. This score suggests that you are admirably consistent in the way you view morality. In fact, none of the people who have completed this activity demonstrate greater moral consistency in their responses than you manage. But don't feel too pleased with yourself. Most people don't think about morality very clearly!

=**Myriam's Consistency Score**= Your moral consistency score is 50% (higher is better) Unfortunately this score suggests that you lack consistency in your moral framework. Indeed, 95% of the people who have completed this activity demonstrate greater moral consistency in their responses than you manage. You might want to spend some time examining how you think about morality!

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 * < //Overall Responses// ||
 * <  ||< //Yes// ||< //No// ||
 * < Should Casey Jones divert the train? ||< 84% ||< 16% ||
 * < Should the fat man be pushed onto the track? ||< 31% ||< 69% ||
 * < Should the saboteur be pushed onto the track? ||< 67% ||< 33% ||
 * < Should the fat man be tortured? ||< 67% ||< 33% ||
 * < //Total responses//: ||||< 526 ||