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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"

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I will choose to push the fat man onto the tracks.
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I will choose to do nothing.
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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 18, 2016 at 7:47 pm
Sacrifice the 5.

Better looting potential.

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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"

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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem" - by The Valkyrie - May 18, 2016 at 7:47 pm

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