Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2008 presidential candidates

We are expected to discover new things about ourselves and our morality by using the online simulation titled, “Should You Kill The Fat Man?” By navigating through a scenario involving a runaway train and an evil fat man, the user of the simulation should finish the scenario feeling as if they learned something new about themselves. To begin, the answer four preliminary questions that establish our morality, and the extremes we will go to in order to make the best decision. Next, the simulation describes a scenario in which a runaway train has the potential to kill people. As the user of the situation, we are faced with many questions and options regarding who the train should kill, if we should torture the man who cut the brakes, and how many people we are willing to lose for the betterment of society. This simulation’s purpose is to allow the user to understand what it feels like to be placed in situations that require critical thinking, sacrifices, and morality. After using the simulation, however, I failed to discover anything about my morality. I found that the simulation did not accurately mimic what it would be like to be in a situation where I would have to exercise my morality. Throughout the simulation, I chose the option that would require the train to kill the least people. The simulation explained to me that this was inconsistent with my prior belief of the importance of not killing someone unnecessarily. I found this to be increasingly frustrating, however,…