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by playdead 1944 days ago
As philosophers keep saying, over and over, the trolley "problem" is just a thought experiment in normative ethics about different types of moral judgment — it's not an actual problem demanding solutions or recommended behaviors, and it's not designed to make claims in cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, etc.

The way people actually behave is of course interesting and important, but it's not the issue at stake.