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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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kamm, F. M. (Frances Myrna), author.
Contributor:
Thomson, Judith Jarvis, commentator.
Hurka, Thomas, commentator.
Kagan, Shelly, commentator.
Rakowski, Eric, editor, author of introduction, etc.
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 (273 p.)
Place of Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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.
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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