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 ...

Google recently announced that their self-driving car has driven more than a million miles. According to Morgan Stanley, self-driving cars will be commonplace in society by circa 2025. This got me ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Frontier Presents (NFP) is taking a significant leap into the realm of academic innovation through the introduction of the "Trolley Problem," a virtual reality (VR) experience developed to enrich ...

Sharp-eyed fans of “The Good Place” might notice the name of UCLA philosophy professor Pamela Hieronymi listed as “further reading” on a whiteboard in the episode “The Trolley Problem.” It’s not just ...