• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Double Effect, Triple Effect and the Trolley Problem: Squaring the Circle in Looping Cases
  • Beteiligte: OTSUKA, MICHAEL
  • Erschienen: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2008
  • Erschienen in: Utilitas
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1017/s0953820807002932
  • ISSN: 0953-8208; 1741-6183
  • Schlagwörter: Sociology and Political Science ; Philosophy
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>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.</jats:p>