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The trolley problem

Philippa Foot's thought experiment (1967): switching a runaway tram to kill one instead of five, against pushing a stranger off a bridge to stop it. Same results, different judgements - so perhaps results aren't all that matters.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can explain what the two trolley cases show, and give a difference people point to between them.

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  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can explain what the two trolley cases show, and give a difference people point to between them.

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    The greatest goodThe trolley cases test whether results are all that matters.

Your path here

What's still between you and The trolley problem, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Moral questionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  15. 15Moral reasoningDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  16. 16Harm and consentDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  17. 17ConsequencesDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  18. 18Treating like cases alikeDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  19. 19The greatest goodDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  20. 20The trolley problemDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics

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