Imagine you are standing near a trolley track. Five people are on the tracks who cannot see the trolley coming towards them. You are standing next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, one person is standing on these other tracks as well. What would you do? The Trolley Problem forces us to grapple with some of the thorniest moral issues. Do the ends justify the means—and if so, what are we saying about individual rights or needs?   The Origins of the Trolley Problem The Trolley Problem illustration, AI-generated, Author unknown. Source: Medium.com   The Trolley Problem was originally introduced by moral philosopher Philippa Foot in 1967. British-born Foot, a pioneer of her time, didn’t develop this ethical thought experiment (hypothetical scenario) for nothing. She wanted to delve deep into some issues around morality.   Central to the Trolley Problem is whether one should let harm befall one person if that means saving many others. Ever since then, this question has …