Picture the following situation: You are taking a freshman-level philosophy class in college, and your professor has just asked you to imagine a runaway trolley barreling down a track toward a group ...

Leave aside whether it's offensive to reduce the value of human suffering to a bowl of candy. The now-notorious Trump campaign Skittles meme is actually a reworking of the most famous thought ...

A scenario: A runaway trolley car is careening down a track. Five people stand in its path, unaware of the imminent threat. You stand at the intersection of two different tracks and could, if you ...

Artificial intelligence experts and roboticists aren’t the only ones working on the problem of autonomous vehicles. Philosophers are also paying close attention to the development of what, from their ...

Today, eight Oregon baseball players were selected to All-Big Ten teams which ranks second in the conference behind No. 1 UCLA’s 11 selections.... Oregon softball ace Lyndsey Grein was sidelined for ...

To look at the difference in approach that psychology and philosophy bring to the table, it might be useful to look at their perspectives on the same problem. Happily, there is a problem that has ...

This post was updated August 13 at 12:19 p.m. The moral solution of the trolley problem is more difficult when you have to live it over and over. At least, the writers of “The Good Place” seem to ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. To look at the difference in ...

You know the drill by now: A runaway trolley is careening down a track. There are five workers ahead, sure to be killed if the trolley reaches them. You can throw a lever to switch the trolley to a ...

Woojin Lim ’22, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Philosophy concentrator in Winthrop House. Daniel Shin ’22 is a Philosophy and Math concentrator in Quincy House. Their column appears on alternate ...