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A type of thought experiment in ethics and psychology, involving ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number.

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trolley problem

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trolley problem

Japanese Meaning

倫理学や心理学における思考実験の一種で、ある一人の犠牲をもってより多くの命を救うべきかという倫理的ジレンマを扱う問題

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In philosophy class, we spent the whole lecture debating the trolley problem and whether intention matters more than outcome.

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哲学の授業で、私たちは一人を犠牲にして多数を救うべきかという古典的な倫理的思考実験であるトロッコ問題と、意図が結果より重要かどうかについて授業を通して議論しました。

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By the late ‘90s, trolley problems had fallen out of fashion. Many philosophers questioned the value of the conclusions reached by analyzing a situation so bizarre and specific.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

trolley problems

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