A train is reaching a branching path; however, both paths have people stuck on the track. There are 10 people on the east path and 5 people on the west path. The train can’t be stopped in time to save everyone. Grace has to choose which path the train will take.
The 10 people on the east path are strangers to Grace, but half of the people are criminals; the five people on the west path are all Grace’s friends.
Grace easily decides that the west path is better because fewer people will be killed; to Grace, it’s all a matter of minimizing the amount of suffering for society. What is the best description of Grace’s ethical decision making?
utilitarian
rights
virtue
justice
