Homework 131, Thomson, Turning the trolley

Your answers must be in your own words. You only need to read sections i-iv

1. a. Why, according to Thomson, is it wrong to take option (ii) in Bystander's Three Options? (1pt)
b. Why, according to her, does this show that people who are not major altruists cannot permissibly take option (ii) in Bystander's Two Options? (1pt)

2. Thomson seems to assert the following conditional:
if A wants to do a certain good deed, and can pay what doing it would cost, then - other things being equal - A may do that good deed only if A pays the cost himself.
(I've taken out the "other things being equal" part) Give the most plausible counterexample you can. (2pts)

3. Consider the following conditional:
If A is not morally obligated to do x, then it is morally wrong to force A to do x without A's consent. a. To what extent does Thomson seem to agree with this conditional? Support your claim. (2pts)
b. Give the most plausible counterexample you can. (2pts)

4. Thomson claims that the willingness or desire to engage in major altruism is "not morally attractive."
a. What does she mean "not morally attractive?" (Don't just explain this using the terms she uses in the paper) Why is this true, according to her? (1pt)
b. Do you agree? Why or why not? (1pt)