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Hollywood’s Trolley Problem

Hollywood’s Trolley Problem

NSF’s Discovery Files Podcast

May 1, 202319m 41s

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Show Notes

A recurring dramatic trope in film and television relates to the trolley problem, wherein a dilemma arises in which choice must be made to save one or another. We are joined by Joshua Greene, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, who has spent much of his career studying moral judgment and decision-making.