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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 February 2014 07:15:23AM *  0 points [-]

No mechanisms, generally - just as there's no explanation why people keep on getting tied to tracks, often in groups of five, in front of hurtling trolleys...

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 15 February 2014 02:28:57PM -1 points [-]

Trolley problems are explicitly presented as thought experiments.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 16 February 2014 10:22:02AM 0 points [-]

So is the sadist conclusion - that specific issues hasn't come up in reality, though analogues may have (similar to the trolley problem)

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