buybuydandavis comments on Philosophy professors fail on basic philosophy problems - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 16 July 2015 12:18:49AM 4 points [-]

which found that professional moral philosophers are no less subject to the effects of framing and order of presentation

I think some people are missing the issue. It's not that they have a problem with the Trolley Problem, but that their answers vary according to irrelevant framing effects like order of presentation.