10 pts to whoever can explain to me a nontrivial non-hypothetical application of the trolley problem.
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b) I surely can't be the first to doubt the value of hypotheticals be they trolleys or ticking bombs. Any sugg's welcome!
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I'd look in the literature on thought experiments and counterfactuals, but it's not an area I know well.
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Good q. There must be. Closer to my work, there's a society dedicated to opposing hypotheticals http://www.philosophy-science-practice.org/en/mission-statement/ …
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I just came across this critique of trolleyology from legal academia: http://www.jethrolieberman.com/fight_the_hypo__fake_arguments__trolleyology__and_the_limits_of_hypotheticals_127085.htm …
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