{"id":24041,"date":"2015-05-03T23:19:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24041"},"modified":"2015-05-03T23:19:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T21:19:16","slug":"the-trolley-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/03\/the-trolley-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The trolley problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trolley_problem\">The trolley problem<\/a> is an ethical and psychological thought experiment. In its most basic formulation, you&#8217;re the driver of a runaway trolley about to hit and certainly kill five people on the track ahead, but you have the option of switching to a second track at the last minute, killing only a single person. 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