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The Trolley Dilemma: Right and Wrong Reimagined in Grayscale

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***Author's Note: I began writing this early in 2014, and have recently attempted to rejuvenate my long lost blog as part of a therapeutic effort to find some sense of purpose in this world. I had seven (7!) unfinished drafts that I'd started long ago covering all sorts of random shit that I like to discuss and ponder. In breathing life back into this thing, I began with this one, mostly because my feelings on the subject haven't changed a bit, and I'm still as captivated as ever by the subject matter. If it starts to sound a tiny bit preachy part way through, don't worry, I fall back away from it. It's never my intention to sound like I'm speaking down from an elevated and exalted throne... I think the opposite is true. Most people who know me would verify that I don't put myself above anybody (even going to far as to struggle with self-esteem and value and worth from time to time, as many of us do). If this starts to sound like a lesson in right and wr