The infamous “trolley problem” has a less gory variant: do you return your shopping trolley to its designated bay even if no ...

What would you do if you saw a self-driving car hit a person? In Robot Ethics, Mark Coeckelbergh, Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna, posits a trolley problem ...

AI is proving that it can do more than just take people’s jobs and contribute to global warming. It’s also capable of solving complicated ethical hypotheticals — and getting a laugh. In the video ...

The definition of an ethical dilemma is quite simple. A matter of two conflicting moral ideas, where both present viable pros and cons. The average joe could rattle off several instances of ethical ...

Before describing the “trolley problem,” I should note that the moral dilemma it poses has elicited a variety of responses. Michael Sandel, professor of philosophy at Harvard University, began a ...

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 ...

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