Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man included a classic philosophical problem, when the Green Goblin tried to force Spider-Man to choose between saving the lives of a railcar full of innocents or his girlfriend. The nature of that situation, which we call the Trolley Problem, and Spider-Man's response, can show us a lot about human nature and how we may not understand ourselves.

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