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RE: The Trolley Problem

in The Flame7 months ago

I am sure you have heard about the Kitty Genovese story, the most used event to describe the "bystander effect".

https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/a-new-york-story-kitty-genovese

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8692770/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese

The horrific nature of the event is perhaps more relevant today.

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Yep, I remember reading about that at university. A terrible case. It's crazy to me just how often the bystander effect is shown to be a thing.