Moral sacrifice is subjective
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Perhaps you've heard of the so-called trolley problem, also known as the train problem. The old philosophical question goes like this:
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Where does consciousness come from?
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According to BigThink, a publication focused on education, what consciousness is and where it comes from has absorbed great minds for thousands of years. In today's world, it's a question posed by physicists, cognitive scientists, and neuroscientists. There are a few prevailing theories.
The first is known as materialism. This is the idea that consciousness emanates from matter. In the case of people, by the firing of neurons inside the brain. If you take the brain out of the equation, then consciousness doesn't exist at all.