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The trolley problem mysteries / F.M. Kamm ; with commentaries by Judith Jarvis Thomson, Thomas Hurka, Shelly Kagan ; edited and introduced by Eric Rakowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kamm, F. M. (Frances Myrna), author.
- Series:
- Berkeley Tanner lectures.
- The Berkeley Tanner lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consequentialism (Ethics).
- Dilemma.
- Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Decision making.
- Responsibility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'The Trolley Problem Mysteries' considers whether who turns the trolley and/or how it is turned (or otherwise stopped) affect the moral permissibility of acting and suggests general proposals for when we may and may not harm some people to help others.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Eric Rakowski
- Lecture I: Who turned the trolley?
- Lecture II: How was the trolley turned?
- Diagrams
- Kamm on the trolley problems / Judith Jarvis Thomson
- Trolleys and permissible harm / Thomas Hurka
- Solving the trolley problem / Shelly Kagan
- The trolley problem mysteries on trial : defending the trolley problem, a type of solution to it, and a method of ethics / F.M. Kamm.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-024717-7
- 0-19-024718-5
- 0-19-024716-9
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