Kamm on the Trolley Problems

In Eric Rakowski (ed.), The Trolley Problem Mysteries. New York, USA: Oxford University Press USA (2016)
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In her article “Turning the Trolley,” the author of this comment argued that the bystander may not turn the trolley onto one to save five. Lecture I argued that this view is mistaken. This comment contends that Lecture I’s arguments do not succeed. In this response to the second Tanner Lecture, the text then argues that the Lecture II’s reasoning depends on an unacceptable view of moral theorizing. In an addendum, this comment defends the claim that if you think the bystander may turn the trolley onto one to save five when the two tracks are not connected, then good sense requires you to think that he may do so when the two tracks are connected.

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Judith Jarvis Thomson
Last affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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