Imagine that you’re a rude teen hanging near some trolley tracks, kicking around rocks, when you look up and notice that five people are tied to the tracks. A trolley suddenly appears, careening ...

A trolley is running out of control, and if it continues on its current path, it will run over and kill five workers on the tracks. You are standing next to a lever (a switch). If you pull the lever, ...

A trial in 9,971 adults aged 70 and older found atorvastatin cut major cardiovascular events 30 percent but did not extend disability free survival. Tsitsipas said back pain left him unable to walk ...

Recently, the “trolley problem,” a decades-old thought experiment in moral philosophy, has been enjoying a second career of sorts, appearing in nightmare visions of a future in which cars make ...

You’re probably familiar with the dilemma, a favorite of silent films and freshman philosophy courses: A train hurtles along a track, its freight cars rattling ominously in the wind. Up ahead, a ...

A scenario: A runaway trolley car is careening down a track. Five people stand in its path, unaware of the imminent threat. You stand at the intersection of two different tracks and could, if you ...

One of the most controversial topics embroiling AI Ethics is the infamous Trolley Problem. Let’s unpack the matter and see what we can reveal. The logical place to start entails clarifying what the ...

The trolley problem demonstrates just how dire the coronavirus pandemic is becoming — with a touch of surrealist humor, of course. In the moral paradox, a trolley's brakes stop working, and as it ...