| Description |
xvii, 220 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. Experiments and the trolley : Out of the armchair ; It just feels wrong ; Dudley's choice and the moral instinct -- pt. 3. Mind and brain and the trolley : The irrational animal ; Wrestling with neurons ; Bionic trolley -- pt. 4. The trolley and its critics : A streetcar named backfire ; The terminal -- Appendix: Ten trolleys: a rerun. |
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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 moral philosophy. |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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Thought experiments.
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Thought experiments. |
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Miscellanea.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| ISBN |
9780691154022 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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0691154023 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
40022775303 |
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