Question

One who engages in categorical moral thinking is likely to approach the trolley car case by focusing on: a) Whether the trolley car driver can maximize the number of lives saved by diverting the trolley. b) Whether the trolley car driver can minimize the amount of suffering by diverting the trolley. c) Whether diverting the trolley car leads to the best consequences. d) Whether more people are made happy if the trolley car is diverted. e) Whether diverting the trolley car would violate people's rights. unanswered

Answer 1

Answer:

One who engages in categorical moral thinking is likely to approach the trolley car case by focusing on:

e) Whether diverting the trolley car would violate people's rights.

Explanation:

Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) proposed that a person should always respect the humanity in others and that the person should only act in accordance with rules that could hold for everyone.  For example, he claimed that people have a duty to do the right thing even if that action produces a bad result.  Thus, telling a lie in order to save a friend from jail is considered to be morally reprehensible by Kantism.  For Kant, therefore, a person is doing something good if they are taking a morally right action.