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Letter: How to untangle the morality mismatch (2)

Published 25 November 2020

From Peter Slessenger, Reading, Hampshire, UK

When it comes to the thought experiments about either diverting a runaway trolley so it kills one person or letting it continue so it kills five, I know exactly what I would do in those circumstances – panic.

Issue no. 3310 published 28 November 2020

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