trolley problems
- plural of trolley problem.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It also seemed a little off that trolley problems were often posed in funny, entertaining ways, while real-life moral dilemmas are unfunny as a rule.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2018
Follow-up research leveraged people’s responses to hypothetical dilemmas, especially trolley problems and their derivatives, to understand the nature of their mental processes, and how their moral judgments might be formed or influenced.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2018
Ethicists used this flip, and other intuitions drawn from trolley problems, in their arguments over how a person ought to make a moral judgment in real life.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2018
When asked about their top concerns about AVs, however, most people don't mention trolley problems.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2017
Some of the most famous thought experiments in this area involve what ethicists call trolley problems.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2014
