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Or perhaps the trolley problems don’t even have to model any real-life situations whatsoever.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2018

With that, new laboratory model had been established, and trolley problems came to serve as a means for tapping separate circuits in the brain, or at least separate ways of thinking.

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

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