The classic Trolley problem
It's been told and retold, with different variations, jokes, and ideas built on top of it. It's a great question in my opinion, it really does show where one's heart and ideas lie. Would you sacrifice the lives of strangers to save those you love? Or would you value the lives of these innocent people, with their own loved ones and stories ahead?
In reality, I don't think I've ever answered it for myself, but right now, for the sake of the question, I would go with saving my child. If I were a parent faced with this problem, hit in the heat of the moment with no time to think, derailing the track to kill the five in order to save my child would be my first instinct.
"Getting creative within reason" is very interesting. Obviously, people have tried to find loopholes in the original question—untying your child and setting the path that way, jumping in front of the train, stopping the trolley altogether. I don't have anything to add here, but I'm interested to see what others might come up with, and what dictates 'out of reason'.
— I hope this helps. Have a stellar day
The door creaked and a rectangle of light fell onto the magazine that I was reading. I looked up to a boy who had come into the lobby was a stranger, about nineteen, tall and thin.
"Looking for someone?" I asked.
"No," the boy said. His long fingers trembled as they fumbled with the buttons of his coat.
"Well, may I help you with something?"
"No." The boy dropped his coat onto the worn tweed sofa and sat down slowly. In the light from the window his pale cheeks gleamed as if wet.
He's sick, I thought, while walking over to him. A narrow hand reached out and seized my wrist, cold, strong fingers twining around my arm like vines or snakes. I try to fight the impulse to pull away, looking down instead into the boy's troubled, grey eyes.
Answer:
Hmm
Explanation:
I think 1 - 1 = 23 because I am a mistake :(
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Answer:
He believes O'Brien is an ally of the resistance, but finds that he is an ally of the government.
Explanation:
Winston is a member of a group that presents itself as a resistance to a tyrant, authoritarian, dictatorial and violent government. This group works for the liberation of the nation from this type of government, which is extremely harmful for all citizens and even for the future.
However, the resistance is strongly fought and tortured by the government, making it necessary for its members to protect themselves and remain hidden and in complete digil.
O'Brien finds out how to get in touch with the resistance and gives a speech that convinces Winston that he is an ally of the resistance and that he is committed to fighting the government. However, he eventually discovers that O'Brien is an ally of the government infiltrating the resistance to torture all those who are declared opponents of the government.
