Samarth Bansal
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Samarth Bansal
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The Trolley Problem: A runaway trolley is about to kill five people on the tracks. You can pull a lever to divert it to another track where it will kill only one person. What is the ethical choice? The dilemma explores the conflict between utilitarianism (the greatest good for the greatest number) and deontological ethics (the belief that some acti
... See moreThe Experience Machine: If you could plug into a machine that would give you any experience you desired, would you do it? This experiment, proposed by philosopher Robert Nozick, questions the value of living in the real world versus a simulated reality tailored to one's preferences. It challenges the notion of hedonism, the idea that pleasure is th
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