Ep. #45 - The Trolley Problem: Part 1 - a podcast by Eric Roark

Imagine you are conducting a trolley and the break gets stuck.  If you do nothing the trolley will kill five workman on your path.  But you can quickly switch tracks where the trolley will kill one person.  Should you pull the lever and switch tracks?  That's our question on this episode of the egg timer.

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