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“Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions... but rather for the sake of the questions themselves.”
– Bertrand Russell
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The Trolley Problem: Is it ever right to sacrifice one life to save many?
Let's consider the case: you are on the side of a railroad switch. A trolley is coming down the tracks and will kill five tied-up individuals who cannot move and whom you can save by doing nothing. But there is a switch, it is a switch that can divert the trolley onto...
The Grandfather Paradox: Can we ever escape the logic of time?
The "grandfather paradox" of time travel is reassuring in its simplicity: go back through time and ensure that your grandfather never met your grandmother, and you would never have been born. But if you were not born, who is going to go back in time and ensure that...
The Experience Machine: Would we choose pleasure over truth?
Robert Nozick's "experience machine" offers a disarmingly straightforward challenge. Imagine a machine that allows you to plug in and experience any life you desire, love, success, adventure, or peace of mind. You would not know it was simulated from the inside; the...