Trolley Problem Debate
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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00:00 Future deep dives
01:06 Clarifying questions of the trolley problem
03:51 Would Humberto pull the lever in a classic scenario?
11:58 Would pushing someone change the equation?
16:37 Where do you draw the line?
19:57 What if there was a child on the track?
28:35 Would Humberto self sacrifice?
32:52 What if there was a violent criminal on the tracks?
35:10 What if someone is terminally ill?
36:15 Why wouldn't Humberto pull the lever?
42:37 Taking action vs. Inaction
1:09:28 What if you can't see who is on the other track?
1:12:25 Minimizing damage in a car
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August 27, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | So, Berto, I've been wanting to present to you the moral dilemmas of the various versions of the trolley problems. |
| 0:08.7 | Oh, yeah, fun. |
| 0:09.8 | And I want to see how moral or immoral or weird or standard you are. |
| 0:15.8 | Yay. |
| 0:16.8 | What do you say? |
| 0:17.8 | Let's do it. |
| 0:18.5 | This is the Psychology and Salta podcast. |
| 0:20.6 | I'm your host, Dr. Kirkonda. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm a therapist and a professor. My name is Umberto Cassignette, and I put together packs of sticks and stones. By the way, the next deep dive, or one of the next deep dives we're going to do is on John Bonnet Ramsey. I don't even know. I know almost nothing about that case, and you also almost know nothing? |
| 0:21.8 | No, very little. John Bonae Ramsey. I don't even know almost nothing about that case. |
| 0:38.7 | And you also almost know nothing? |
| 0:40.7 | No, very little, yeah. |
| 0:42.0 | And so I... |
| 0:43.4 | I almost nothing. |
| 0:44.2 | Some listeners, patrons suggested it. |
| 0:46.1 | So I am going to task you again because you did such a great job with the Menendez brothers |
| 0:51.6 | outline. |
| 0:53.0 | I think someone died or someone disappeared or someone is alive. |
| 0:56.1 | I don't know. |
| 0:56.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.7 | I understand that there are some Beniers. |
| 1:01.1 | Benets. |
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