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20%OFFDavid Edmonds - Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong - 9780691165639 - V9780691165639
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong

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Description for Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
A runaway train is racing toward five men who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five men. You are standing on a footbridge looking down on the unfolding disaster. However, a fat man, a stranger, is standing next to you: if you push him off the bridge, he will topple onto the line and, although he will die, his chunky body will stop the train, saving five lives. Would you kill the fat man? The question may seem bizarre. But it's one variation of a puzzle that has baffled moral philosophers ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
229g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691165639
SKU
V9780691165639
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About David Edmonds
David Edmonds is the author, with John Eidinow, of the best-selling Wittgenstein's Poker, as well as Rousseau's Dog and Bobby Fischer Goes to War. The cofounder of the popular Philosophy Bites podcast series, Edmonds is a senior research associate at the University of Oxford's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and a multi-award-winning radio feature maker at the BBC. He holds ... Read more

Reviews for Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong
Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014 "A lucid account of a famous thought experiment in moral philosophy."
Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review "[J]aunty, lucid and concise... In Would You Kill the Fat Man? David Edmonds ... a seasoned philosopher, tells the story ... with ... Read more

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