How Trolley Problems Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 May 2008

⏱️ 7 minutes

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The trolley problem is an ethical dilemma that proposes a difficult decision about choosing whether a group of strangers lives or dies. Learn more about ethics and the nature of sacrifice in this HowStuffWorks podcast.

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0:52.2	Chris today I want to talk about how the trolley problem works.
0:56.2	Very cool article that I wrote and you edited it.
0:59.2	So do you want to give some background on the trolley problem?
1:03.4	What is it?
1:04.4	Well it's every San Francisco's worst nightmare.
1:08.9	Imagine if you will there's an out of control trolley speeding down the tracks and if nothing
1:13.6	stops it then it's going to go out of control.
1:17.4	It's going to flip and kill the people on board.
1:19.9	Five people, right?
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