04 September 2016

A toddler solves the tricky "trolley problem"

"I'm teaching a moral psychology class this semester, and we spent part of the first day discussing the trolley problem, which is a frequently used ethical dilemma in discussions of morality. When I returned home that night and was playing trains with my son, I thought it would be interesting to see his response to the trolley problem. I recorded his response so that I could share and discuss it with my class, given especially that we also will be discussing moral development from birth onward."

3 comments:

  1. The little boy's solution was totally unexpected, and made me laugh out loud. Thanks. I just hope, though, that if an adult were to be confronted by this problem the result would be less -- well-- bloody.

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  2. Should have thrown dad on the tracks in front of it, called him a "fat guy" and walked away.

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  3. Haha! Not what I was expecting at all!

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