My argument for the trolley car discussion: The theory of…

Question Answered step-by-step My argument for the trolley car discussion: The theory of… My argument for the trolley car discussion: The theory of utilitarianism states that an action or decision is morally right and good if it provides or results in the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people. Therefore, it’s able to support that the decision of switching the lever and saving the five people is the morally correct thing to do, as it brings more and greater happiness than running over all of them. Five lives would be saved, which has a greater good than only saving one person. Step 1: Critique your argument. This step is only done in your head but honestly and humbly think to yourself: are there any tacit assumptions used in my answer? (i.e. does the argument assume something that it seems to be unaware of or makes no mention about although, in good faith, it ought to have?).  Does it fail to make an argument? (i.e. is it only an explanation, a description, a statement of opinion, etc.,? An argument must have at least two claims: a premise which can either be true or false and a conclusion that can either be true or false. Most standard arguments have two premises and one conclusion. See if you can find the basic premise to conclusion inference that you use in your argument in its simplest form or, if you did not, the one implicitly assumed in your argument). Does it commit any informal fallacies (red herring, straw man, argument from Ignorance, ad hominem, bandwagon, weak analogy, question beginning, circular argument, etc., or does it suffer from incosistency in general Step 2: Fix your argument: change it or make it stronger by expanding it to include more examples and counter-arguments based on your critique and rewrite your answer below your original.Offer an objection or counter-argument not included in your original answer.State why you believe this objection or counter-argument IS or IS NOT a problem for your answer.Provide an analogous example: find another example to serve as an analogy that illustrates your reasoning.Please help me with step 1 and step 2!  Arts & Humanities Philosophy PHIL A100 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)