TROLLEY PROBLEM Situation: You are driving the Streetcar in downtown. The brakes are not working, so you cannot stop. You see five people standing on the tracks straight ahead. You can turn on to another track, but there is one person on that track. Anyone you hit with the streetcar WILL die.

Question:
Do you do nothing and kill 5 people, or do you turn the streetcar and kill 1 person? Why would you make this choice?
(THIS IS A HARD QUESTION FOR PHILOSOPHY)

do nothing.

Explanation:

1. they shouldn't be standing there in the first place.

2. id.k how fast im going but at least 1 out of those 5 people would have to notice me coming towards them and alert the others to get off the tracks.

3. again id.k how fast i'm going so switching tracks could be dangerous for me.

Well I would yell at all of them to move out of the way, and if that does not work I'll try to look for something to stick in the wheel and well if none of that works I would turn the trolley the other side without someone  if there is that option, and for my last resort I will turn to the side with one person while yelling MOVE! because it's harsh but I would prefer 1 over 5 its less people and well I don't know what else to do!

breathe, think and analyze the situation, pull them aside and talk to them about it

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)