Among the many lessons “The Good Place” tried to teach us, along with how to be “good” and what we owe to each other, was how to make a difficult decision when there is really no good choice. The ...

Eminent domain can be understood through the Trolley Problem, which is a philosophical thought experiment. The government can take private land and property for public use through eminent domain in ...

I imagine you’re all familiar with the concept of the Trolley Problem. You know the ethics-minefield thought experiment, right? A trolley barrels down railway tracks, hurtling towards five people. You ...

The big thinkers at Aperture analyze the ethical dilemmas behind the classic trolley problem. Message to Ken Burns: What ...

Trebz/Wikimedia Commons The trolley is coming, tra la tra la. When I first heard about the trolley problem a few weeks ago on the radio, I must have missed a few details. The subjects in a research ...

Faced with only deadly choices, should a self-driving vehicle opt to run over an elderly pedestrian walking her dog or slam into the back of a school bus carrying children? Known as the Trolley ...