Would You Kill the Fat Man? : The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong /

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In this book, David Edmonds, coauthor of the best-selling Wittgenstein's Poker, tells the riveting story of why and how philosophers have struggled with the ethical dilemma posed by the trolley problem. In the process, he provides an entertaining and informative tour through the history of mora...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Edmonds, David, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Miscellanea.
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Thought and thinking > Experiments.
Ethics.
Etik > psykologiska aspekter.
Tankeexperiment.
Etik.
Dilemma > Moral and ethical aspects.
Thought experiments > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethical problems.
Angewandte Ethik
Gedankenexperiment
Ethik
Thought experiments.
ethics (philosophy)
Experiences de pensee.
Morale.
Ethics
Miscellanees.
Trivia and miscellanea.
miscellanies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Philosophy and the trolley : Churchill's dilemma
  • Spur of the moment
  • The founding mothers
  • The seventh son of Count Landulf
  • Fat man, loop, and lazy Susan
  • Ticking clocks and the sage of Königsberg
  • Paving the road to hell
  • Morals by numbers
  • Part II. Experiments and the trolley : Out of the armchair
  • It just feels wrong
  • Dudley's choice and the moral instinct
  • Part III. Mind and brain and the trolley : The irrational animal
  • Wrestling with neurons
  • Bionic trolley
  • Part IV. The trolley and its critics : A streetcar named backfire
  • The terminal
  • Appendix : Ten trolleys: a rerun.

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