Would You Sacrifice One to Save Many?

The Bigger Picture · The Daily Digest · 29 Jan 2020 · 19 mins listen

The trolley dilemma asks you to decide if you would choose to save the lives of five people if one person has to die. But do we ever solve this rationally or are our morals influenced by our cultures?

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Lim Sue Ann

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Juliet Jacobs,Lim Sue Ann,Tee Shiao Eek

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Education,Business Analysis,Film,Politics,Social Issues,History,People and Places,Health Policy,Diseases and Conditions,Mental Health,Healthy Living,Fitness,Medical Innovation and Technology

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The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, philosophy, morality, The Good Place, moral philosophy, trolley dilemma, psychology, universal values, cultural difference, Vox, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Philippa Foot, thought experiment, rationality, neuroscience

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Would You Sacrifice One to Save Many?

Would You Sacrifice One to Save Many?