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s01e03: The Trolley Problem and its Discontents

Season 1, Ep. 3

In which Andrew explores the Trolley Problem with the help of some friends and Jordan Wallace-Wolf of UCLA.


Special Thanks to: especially Christy Harrington for lending us her narration skills, to Bill Harrington, Owen Roth, Max Feiler, Garvey Peterson, and of course, the inimitable Dustin Rainey.


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Readings Mentioned in the Podcast

Thomson: https://philpapers.org/rec/THOKLD-2

Taurek: https://philpapers.org/rec/TAUSTN

Dancy: https://philpapers.org/rec/DANEWP & https://philpapers.org/rec/DANMR


Other Podcasts Plugged during the Breaks

Philosophy Bites: https://philosophybites.com/

Elucidations: https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/elucidations/


Thank you to freesound.org users 1sticky8, benbojangles, jace, unclesigmund, zesoundresearchinc, ecfike, organicmanpl, thegreatperson, ajexk, yugi16dm, werra, squashy555, klankbeeld, and pappabert for producing some of the sound effects in this episode.

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