Research participants are presented with this scenario: "there is a runaway trolley headed for five people. all will certainly be killed unless you push a larger stranger onto the tracks, where he will die as his body stops the trolley. will you push him? " what are the likely results to this question?

Most of the participants will disagree and back out.

Explanation:

Participants are never comfortable with research where human lives are at risk. It is generally because of morals and psychological effects which end up affecting in various ways. If the research involved no killing then the chances of participants backing out would have been extremely low. Moreover, it is human nature to opt for process which are harmless in almost every way.

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.