Applying the trolley problem to self-driving cars and the ethical dilemmas they create.

Should you credit AI when you use it at work? Are there things that simply can’t be forgiven? What kinds of everyday lies are justified… and does it even matter? There’s a lot that’s changed about the ...

New research shows how easily our imagined choices collapse under the weight of real consequences. Here’s why overthinking them never helps. For decades, the “trolley problem” has encouraged us to ...

Oh, shoot. The trolley problem is happening to me. The probability of dying in a plane crash is about one in thirteen million. The probability of being attacked by a shark is one in four million.

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Superhero stories are well known for their high stakes, which in the best cases have interesting moral dimensions as well. Such is the case when heroes confront a tragic dilemma, one from which they ...