177: How to Solve the Trolley Problem

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The Trolley problem presents a perfect study case from which to look at different ethical viewpoints. But . . . come on. You know you'd pull the lever. It's just the right thing to do.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to classical stuff you should know, a podcast about classical education, classical books, the ancient world, and kind of almost modern world, but whatever we want to talk about.
0:22.5	My name is Graham Donaldson, and I am joined with my two colleagues in classicism, A.J. Hanenberg.
0:30.6	That's this person.
0:31.5	And Thomas, and Thomas, I'm coming with you. I got a problem.
0:36.5	Okay.
0:37.1	And it's a dilemma. Okay. And it's a dilemma.
0:39.4	Okay.
0:40.0	An ethical dilemma.
0:41.0	Okay.
0:41.8	And I don't have a matrix through which to approach this dilemma.
0:46.6	Do you see that they're remaking?
0:47.9	There's a new matrix coming out?
0:50.2	Yeah, Matrix 4.
0:51.4	Is it, no, resurrection.
0:53.2	It's like Neo goes back to work.
0:56.0	He's like, he's like Neo's in a psychiatrist's office.
0:59.2	It looks like the first movie, doesn't it?
1:00.3	It looks like the first movie remade, except Neo is like 60.
1:04.0	Woof.
1:04.3	I know, and he's like, I don't like my life.
1:08.9	Follow the white rabbit.
1:10.5	Exactly. That sounds exhausting. Yeah sounds exhausting yeah it looks exactly the same
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