Title
The trolley problem mysteries [electronic resource] / F.M. Kamm ; with commentaries by Judith Jarvis Thomson, Thomas Hurka, Shelly Kagan ; edited and introduced by Eric Rakowski.
ISBN
9780190247188 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 256 pages).
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190247157 doi
Call Number
BJ1500.C63 K36 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
171.5
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.
Note
'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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2015).
Series
Berkeley Tanner lectures.
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.
