trolley problem

In the Trolley problem an individual has to choose which group of people to save.

Take the two examples that make up the trolley problem.

These are known by the moral philosophers who developed them as "trolley problems."

Perhaps a variant of The trolley problem might be more accurate.

The trolley problem goes something like this: Imagine a train heading toward five people who are going to die if you don't do anything.

Nope, because the trolley problem necessitates that something bad will happen to a group of people no matter what.

The initial trolley problem becomes more interesting when it is compared to other moral dilemmas.

One example illustrating this concept is the trolley problem.

The bias is usually showcased through the trolley problem.

The trolley problem is an ethical dilemma that proposes a difficult decision about choosing whether a group of strangers lives or dies.

The trolley problem is a question of human morality, and an example of a philosophical view called consequentialism.

Several papers argue that ticking time bomb scenario is a mere variation of the trolley problem.

Unger argues extensively against traditional non-utilitarian responses to trolley problems.

The trolley problem is based on an old philosophical standard called the Doctrine of Double Effect.

Ethics is probably the most debated field of philosophy, including both abstract metaethics and modern ethical problems like the trolley problem.

Some critics use the example of the trolley problem to invalidate NAP.

The Trolley problem and the Prisoner's dilemma both place individuals in decision-making situations that carry ethical questions.

A familiar example is the continuing discussion of an example of hers referred to as the trolley problem.

Far from solving the dilemma, the trolley problem launched a wave of further investigation into the philosophical quandary it raises.

Unger also considers cases which are more complex than the original trolley problem, involving more than just two results.

Trolley problem (ethics)

Outside of the domain of traditional philosophical discussion, the trolley problem has been a significant feature in the fields of cognitive science and, more recently, of neuroethics.

After subjects read moral dilemmas, like the footbridge or trolley problem, they pressed buttons to indicate if they judged the action proposed to be appropriate or inappropriate.

In particular, they wanted to test people's responses in the f.M.R.I. scanner to variations of the famous trolley problem, which philosophers have been arguing about for decades.

The only difference between this case and the original trolley problem is that an extra piece of track has been added, which seems a trivial difference (especially since the trolley won't travel down it anyway).