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.

Recently, the “trolley problem,” a decades-old thought experiment in moral philosophy, has been enjoying a second career of sorts, appearing in nightmare visions of a future in which cars make ...

The trolley problem is a staple of discussions about ethics. The basic version is very simple: A trolley is barreling down a track toward a group of five people who remain blissfully unaware of their ...

The trolley problem demonstrates just how dire the coronavirus pandemic is becoming — with a touch of surrealist humor, of course. In the moral paradox, a trolley's brakes stop working, and as it ...

One of the most controversial topics embroiling AI Ethics is the infamous Trolley Problem. Let’s unpack the matter and see what we can reveal. The logical place to start entails clarifying what the ...