ewbrownv comments on The Trolley Problem: Dodging moral questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ewbrownv 06 December 2010 09:02:42PM 3 points [-]

Exactly. The central problems of real-world morality center around dealing with the uncertainty, bias and signaling issues of realistic high-stakes scenarios. By assuming all that complexity away trolley problems end up about as relevant as an economics problem without money or preferences.

A more useful research program would focus on probing the effects of uncertainty and socal issues on moral decision-making. But that makes for poor cocktail party conversation.