Philosophy Games

These games and activities are brought to you courtesy of our sister site PhilosophyExperiments.Com.

 

Battleground God – Do your beliefs about religion and god stand up to philosophical scrutiny?

Should You Kill the Fat Man? – Can you successfully negotiate the tricky terrain of the Trolley Problem?

Should You Kill the Backpacker? – More fun with the Trolley Problem.

Philosophical Health Test – Are there tensions in your philosophical and moral beliefs?

Valid or Invalid? – Can you determine whether a simple arguement is valid or not?

Talking with God – The Euthyphro Dilemma

Staying Alive – Can you survive in this game of personal identity?

Whose Body Is It Anyway? – Bodily autonomy and J. J. Thomson’s “famous violinist” thought experiment.

But You’ll Regret It In the Morning – The ethics of consent.

Elementary, My Dear Wason – Can you pass this simple test of logic (most people can’t!)?

Morality Play – How parsimonious is your moral framework?

Peter Singer & the Drowning Child – Would you save a helpless child? Really?

The Envelope & the Vintage Sedan – Are you obligated to give up your car to save a life?

Get That Chip Out of My Head – How free are you?

Would You Eat Your Cat? – Ethics and the “Yuk Factor”

In the Face of Death – Are normal moral standards suspended in extreme circumstances?

You’re Being Tortured in the Morning – Who is it that suffers when your body, but not your mind, is tortured?