David Edmonds, “Would You Kill the Fat Man?” (Princeton UP, 2014)
Mar 01, 2014•1 hr 7 min
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Episode description
The trolley problem is a staple of contemporary moral philosophy. It centers around two scenarios involving a runaway trolley. In the first, a trolley is barreling down a track without any brakes; off in the distance five people are tied to the track. If you do nothing, they will be...
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