Double effect, triple effect and the trolley problem: squaring the circle in looping cases
Otsuka, M.
(2008).
Double effect, triple effect and the trolley problem: squaring the circle in looping cases.
Utilitas,
20(1), 92-110.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0953820807002932
In the Trolley Case (Figure 1), as devised by Philippa Foot and modified by Judith Jarvis Thomson, a runaway trolley (i.e. tram) is headed down a main track and will hit and kill five unless you divert it onto a side track, where it will hit and kill one.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2008 Cambridge University Press |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0953820807002932 |
| Date Deposited | 23 Oct 2012 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/46934 |
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