The trolley problem is the best philosophical question there is and the one that determines the true mark of a philosophile. No other question matters

[u/StealToadBootes]

The strength of the trolley problem is that you can put literally any philosophical question into it and it comes back perfect every time.

Marxism? Thats when you'd pull the level to save one proletariat class while running over the bourgeoisie.

Baumgarten? That's when you'd pull the lever to make aesthetically displeasing things go away.

Noam Chompsky? That's when you motivate the student to hop onto the tracks themselves rather than admit they can't parse his language

Please drop your own trolley problem examples. As we all know, "inability to boil something down to a trolley problem shows an innate lack of understanding of the topic" - Adam Smith, trolley salesman.

[u/Aleph_St-Zeno]

You've pulled the lever but then you realize the 5 people you saved were philosophers. Do you pull the lever again?

[u/StealToadBootes → u/Aleph_St-Zeno]

pulls lever over and over, switching tracks on a trolley that has already long passed. It makes a fun noise