Book contents
- The Trolley Problem
- Classic Philosophical Arguments
- The Trolley Problem
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Keeping track of your trolleys
- 2 Shunted trolleys and other diversions
- 3 Must we turn the trolley?
- 4 Non-consequentialism in light of the trolley problem
- 5 Non-consequentialist principles under conditions of uncertainty
- 6 The trolley problem and the doing/allowing distinction
- 7 Virtue ethics and the trolley problem
- 8 Trolley dilemmas from the philosopher’s armchair to the psychologist’s lab
- 9 Trolleyology
- 10 Cross-cultural responses to trolley problems and their implications for moral philosophy or
- 11 Ethical accident algorithms for autonomous vehicles and the trolley problem
- 12 A new trolley problem?
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Trolleyology
What it is, why it matters, what it’s taught us, and how it’s been misunderstood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2023
- The Trolley Problem
- Classic Philosophical Arguments
- The Trolley Problem
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Keeping track of your trolleys
- 2 Shunted trolleys and other diversions
- 3 Must we turn the trolley?
- 4 Non-consequentialism in light of the trolley problem
- 5 Non-consequentialist principles under conditions of uncertainty
- 6 The trolley problem and the doing/allowing distinction
- 7 Virtue ethics and the trolley problem
- 8 Trolley dilemmas from the philosopher’s armchair to the psychologist’s lab
- 9 Trolleyology
- 10 Cross-cultural responses to trolley problems and their implications for moral philosophy or
- 11 Ethical accident algorithms for autonomous vehicles and the trolley problem
- 12 A new trolley problem?
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This article addresses frequently asked questions about “trolleyology,” scientific research using trolley dilemmas to probe the moral mind:What are trolley dilemmas? What is the Trolley Problem? Why should philosophers or scientists care about the Trolley Problem? What have we learned from scientific research using trolley dilemmas? Do trolley dilemmas help us understand utilitarianism or other moral philosophies? Do hypothetical trolley judgments predict real judgments? Does it matter if they don’t? What about the relationship between the scientific (descriptive) Trolley Problem and the philosophical (normative) Trolley Problem? Can science really tell us anything about what’s right or wrong? What’s new in Trolleyology these days? Do you have any concluding thoughts?
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- The Trolley Problem , pp. 158 - 181Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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