the trolley problem and what your answer tells us about right and wrong /
نام نخستين پديدآور
David Edmonds
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xvii, 220 pages:
ساير جزييات
illustrations ;
ابعاد
22 cm
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
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
بدون عنوان
0
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
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
متن يادداشت
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
نام شخص به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Churchill, Winston,1874-1965
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Ethics
موضوع مستند نشده
Thought experiments
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
150
ويراست
23
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
BJ1012
نشانه اثر
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E34
2014
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )