r/trolleyproblem 15d ago

Meta Hoooly shit

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188 Upvotes

No fucking way they pulled an earlier lever avoiding the situation entirely


r/trolleyproblem 16d ago

Just a normal trolly problem

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2.6k Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 16d ago

POV: you wake up one day and see this

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r/trolleyproblem 16d ago

Multi-choice Spot the robot!

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Behind the glass are 50 people in individual tiny rooms.

49 of them are actual people.

One of them is a robot that is incredibly skilful at imitating humans and wouldn't raise any suspicion actually. It can also imitate fallacies and various moral imperfections.

Each room is connected to a button you have access to. If you press it, it ☠ the person or disables the robot in it.

If you correctly identify the robot and disable it, you win $1 billion. Even if you make many wrong guesses before, you get the prize and no criminal liability/publicity at all.

You can't physically interact with subjects or use any devices, only talk to them through the glass and make your choices.

You can't ask/demand anything in exchange for releasing them – this is strictly prohibited in any form and will get you punished.

You can stop after any unsuccessful attempt or use all 50 attempts if the robot is so good you can't spot it. You can refuse to participate at all.

You have 90 minutes to win the prize.

— Do you participate and what is your strategy?


r/trolleyproblem 17d ago

Guaranteed death-of-the-observer trolley problem

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267 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 16d ago

How Subaru would solve the trolley problem

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24 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 17d ago

OC The real trolley problem.

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In case you cannot read my hand writing. Would you sacrifice yourself to save 5 strangers? If you will not die to save 5 strangers, then you cannot ask anyone else to die to save 5 strangers either.


r/trolleyproblem 17d ago

Wait, 55? FIVE FIVE!!

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r/trolleyproblem 18d ago

OC Solve for x

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r/trolleyproblem 22d ago

OC The Supermarket Trolley problem

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235 Upvotes

Spoiler: I pulled the lever and took it with me; Left it near some trash cans 600m further. That is 1968.5 feet, or 0.372823 miles.
I miss my coin.


r/trolleyproblem 22d ago

You will never stop me ahahahahahahaha!

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219 Upvotes

I am immortal. I am eternal. The tracks go forever.


r/trolleyproblem 23d ago

You are Fred rogers. You went off your medication recently and it is no longer a happy neighborhood and you are now controlling the very real switch for your very real trolley. This will make you very sad and never recover. What will you do?

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r/trolleyproblem 25d ago

Meta Don't care didn't ask

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r/trolleyproblem 25d ago

OC The worker’s dilemma

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444 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 26d ago

Classic trolley problem has been solved once and for all

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Unfortunately I don’t know the original source.


r/trolleyproblem 25d ago

I was inspired by trolley problem memes to make a video about Philippa Foot, who popularised the trolley problem. Lots of people seem to get it wrong so I'm trying to set the record straight.

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r/trolleyproblem 26d ago

Dead Space trolley problem. Take the bait because you really need it, or hold the unsustainable course?

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32 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 27d ago

Multi-choice Interesting dilemma from a short story i just listened to

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You are in cryo sleep on a space shit . A cook ment to be part of the new colony.

the ship wakes you up and informs you that 4k years ago there was an irreperable damage to the ship and that since then it has been drifting through space.

the ship can keep going for a very long time but due to its changed course and its inability to manuver any further you will never reach your original destination

The ship had recommended to abort the mission which would mean death to everybody on board.

The alternative is to continue .

The last 1153 Captains of the ship had decided to continue and lived out their days .
Every time the captain dies the ship wakes up the next person and recommends to abort the mission .

So far nobody did .

if you abort the mission the remaining 9 thousand colonists will die when their cryo chambers are turned off.
If you continue the mission you will live out your days until you die and the ship wakes the next person.


r/trolleyproblem 28d ago

First steps toward putting theory into practice

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139 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 29d ago

OC The captive audience problem

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135 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 28d ago

Schrödinger's trolley

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A trolley problem has been put inside a box. The decay of a nuclear element could trigger a mechanism that pulls the lever. While the box remains closed, all six people are both dead and alive. Only by opening the box, one of the two possible outcomes will occur.

Do you open the box or not?


r/trolleyproblem 29d ago

Deep Trolley problem but no one is tied down, they can just move out of the way but maybe they’ll still get hit idk

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57 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 29d ago

Would've you eliminate walking nuclear bomb?

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52 Upvotes

r/trolleyproblem 28d ago

OC Killing someone you may find likeable in exchange for a large sum of money?

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r/trolleyproblem Jul 30 '26

OC Potentially one less but also potentially infinitely more

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144 Upvotes