1. Gentlemen, your Verdict
A short story by Michael Bruce
- The philosophy of morals ethics -

2. The trolley dilemma
There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the side track. You have two options:
Do nothing, and the trolley kills the five people on the main track.
Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will kill one person.
Which is the most ethical choice?

3. Morals/Morality Ethics
the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper.
What is the right thing to do?
Ethics
Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime. 

4. Gentlemen, your verdict
Preview the questions for ‘Gentlemen, your verdict’
Read the short story
Complete the vocabulary definitions, choose 5
Answer questions 2, 3, 6 and the Paragraph question.

5. Vocabulary
Fathom: a unit of length equal to six feet, used to measure depths of water.
Thor: Norse mythology. The god of thunder, depicted as wielding a hammer, emblematic of the thunderbolt.
Impetus: the force that sets a body in motion or that tends to resist changes in a body's motion.
Coxswain: the person who steers a boat or ship
Tender: a secondary vehicle used to carry supplies, spare parts, etc., for a mobile operation