The classic: A runaway trolley barrels toward five people tied to the track. You can pull a lever to divert it to a side track where only one person is tied. Do you pull the lever? Most say yes.
Peg Tittle’s "What If... Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy" provides a foundational structure for crafting a philosophy paper through exposition, evaluation, and defense. Key paper topics can be developed from the text focusing on personal identity through Parfit’s Teletransporter, epistemology via Goldman’s Fake Barns, or ethics using Nozick’s Experience Machine. For a full guide to the book, visit What If...: Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy 5 May 2004 — What If...- Collected Thought Experiments In Philosophy.pdf