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02958aam a22003733i 4500 001 431410A0440811E68E7AD585DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160707010033 008 141106s2015 njua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780691165639 020 $a 0691165637 035 $a (OCoLC)894625442 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d FXR $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d CWS $d OCLCF $d EQO $d ZFT $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d IOM $d SILO 050 4 $a BJ1012 $b .E34 2015 082 04 $a 170 $2 23 100 1 $a Edmonds, David. 245 10 $a Would you kill the fat man? : $b the trolley problem and what your answer tells us about right and wrong / $c David Edmonds. 260 $a Princeton ; $b Princeton University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xvii, 220 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 505 10 $g Part I. $t Ten trolleys: a rerun. $t Churchill's dilemma -- $t Spur of the moment -- $t The founding mothers -- $t The seventh son of Count Landulf -- $t Fat man, loop, and lazy Susan -- $t Ticking clocks and the sage of KoÌnigsberg -- $t Paving the road to hell -- $t Morals by numbers -- Part II. $t Experiments and the trolley : $t Out of the armchair -- $t It just feels wrong -- $t Dudley's choice and the moral instinct -- Part III. $t Mind and brain and the trolley : $t The irrational animal -- $t Wrestling with neurons -- $t Bionic trolley -- Part IV. $t The trolley and its critics : $t A streetcar named backfire -- $t The terminal -- Appendix : $t Ten trolleys: a rerun. 520 $a Pt. 1. Philosophy and the trolley : Churchill's dilemma ; Spur of the moment ; The founding mothers ; The seventh son of Count Landulf ; Fat man, loop, and lazy Susan ; Ticking clocks and the sage of K©Ånigsberg ; Paving the road to hell ; Morals by numbers -- pt. 2. Experiments and the trolley : Out of the armchair ; It just feels wrong ; Dudley's choice and the moral instinct -- pt. 3. Mind and brain and the trolley : The irrational animal ; Wrestling with neurons ; Bionic trolley -- pt. 4. The trolley and its critics : A streetcar named backfire ; The terminal -- Appendix: Ten trolleys: a rerun. 520 $a 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references ([205]-212) and index. 600 10 $a Churchill, Winston, $d 1874-1965 $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Ethics. 650 0 $a Thought experiments. 600 17 $a Churchill, Winston, $d 1874-1965. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01716876 650 7 $a Ethics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915833 650 7 $a Thought experiments. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01150274 655 7 $a Miscellanea. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423854 941 $a 1 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20191119044631.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=431410A0440811E68E7AD585DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search