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Personal moral dilemmas, like the footbridge problem, suppressed working memory areas and activated emotional circuits.
Philosophers compare this problem to a second scenario, sometimes called the footbridge problem, in which a train is again heading toward five people, but there is no spur.
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The researchers divided the questions into person and non-personal categories based on the general notion that the difference between the trolley and footbridge problems may have to do with the degree of personal involvement, and ultimately the level of emotional response.
After subjects read moral dilemmas, like the footbridge or trolley problem, they pressed buttons to indicate if they judged the action proposed to be appropriate or inappropriate.
The excessive lateral sway motion caused by crowd walking across the infamous Millennium Bridge in London is the prime example of the vibration serviceability problem of footbridges.
Among its problems: a collapsed footbridge that injured workers building it, a caving-in weight lifting site, an outbreak of dengue fever, unsanitary living quarters for athletes, a mess that is prompting athletes and whole delegations to drop out.
The Virtual Footbridge Dilemma.
So in versions of the trolley problem that involve physical contact, like the footbridge case above, harming one to save many is generally less acceptable than in versions that do not involve such contact, like the switch case.
The assessment of footbridge vibrations due to normal unrestricted pedestrian traffic is a topical problem in the serviceability analysis of these structures.
The performance of pedestrian footbridge under environmental and pedestrian excitation has received much attention lately with the problem of resonating vibration of the Millennium Bridge in London.
The day before, a footbridge next to the main stadium collapsed, injuring 27 workers and highlighting the problems facing the organizers as they race to complete work.
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