Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics

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Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics. / Di Nucci, Ezio.

Experimental Ethics: Toward an Empirical Moral Philosophy. ed. / Christoph Lütge; Hannes Rusch; Matthias Uhl. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. p. 80-93.

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Harvard

Di Nucci, E 2014, Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics. in C Lütge, H Rusch & M Uhl (eds), Experimental Ethics: Toward an Empirical Moral Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 80-93. <https://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/experimental-ethics-christoph-luetge/?K=9781137409799>

APA

Di Nucci, E. (2014). Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics. In C. Lütge, H. Rusch, & M. Uhl (Eds.), Experimental Ethics: Toward an Empirical Moral Philosophy (pp. 80-93). Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/experimental-ethics-christoph-luetge/?K=9781137409799

Vancouver

Di Nucci E. Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics. In Lütge C, Rusch H, Uhl M, editors, Experimental Ethics: Toward an Empirical Moral Philosophy. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. p. 80-93

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Di Nucci, Ezio. / Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics. Experimental Ethics: Toward an Empirical Moral Philosophy. editor / Christoph Lütge ; Hannes Rusch ; Matthias Uhl. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. pp. 80-93

Bibtex

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abstract = "I analyse the relationship between the Doctrine of Double Effect and the Trolley Problem: the former offers a solution for the latter only on the premise that killing the one in Bystander at the Switch is permissible. Here I offer both empirical and theoretical arguments against the permissibility of killing the one: firstly, I present data from my own empirical studies according to which the intuition that killing the one is permissible is neither widespread nor stable; secondly, I defend a normative principle according to which killing the one in Bystander at the Switch is not permissible. In conclusion, there just is no trolley problem.",
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