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    The article discusses a thought experiment known as the trolley problem, which involves a runaway trolley that can be diverted to kill one person instead of five people. It raises the issue of whether it is morally permissible to divert the trolley in order to minimize harm. The author analyzes different versions of the trolley problem and arguments that have been made on both sides of this issue.

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    The article discusses a thought experiment known as the trolley problem, which involves a runaway trolley that can be diverted to kill one person instead of five people. It raises the issue of whether it is morally permissible to divert the trolley in order to minimize harm. The author analyzes different versions of the trolley problem and arguments that have been made on both sides of this issue.

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    The article discusses a thought experiment known as the trolley problem, which involves a runaway trolley that can be diverted to kill one person instead of five people. It raises the issue of whether it is morally permissible to divert the trolley in order to minimize harm. The author analyzes different versions of the trolley problem and arguments that have been made on both sides of this issue.

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    Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Trolley Problem

    94 Yale L.J. 1395 (1985)

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