Agents, Impartiality, and the Priority of Claims over Duties: Diagnosing Why Thomson Still Gets the Trolley Problem Wrong by Appeal to the “Mechanics of Claims”*
Judith Jarvis Thomson recently argued that it is impermissible for a bystander to turn a runaway trolley from five onto one. But she also argues that a trolley driver is required to do just that. We believe that her argument is flawed in three important ways. She fails to give proper weight to (a) a...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2012, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 545-571 |
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Rights
B Agents and Patients B Duties B Impartiality B Trolley Problem |
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