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Medical ethics and the trolley problem [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2019 The so-called Trolley Problem was first discussed by Philippa Foot in 1967 as a way to test moral intuitions regarding the doctrine of double effect, Kantian principles and utilitarianism. Ever since, a great number of philosophers and psychologists have
Gabriel Andrade
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The trolley problem, 2021 style. [PDF]
Br J Gen Pract, 2021 To ethicists ‘the trolley problem’ does not relate to the number of patients spilling out into hospital corridors, waiting to receive care. It relates to a 1960s thought experiment from a well known ethicist, Philippa Foot. The trolley in question is the American word for a tram or railway carriage.
Misselbrook D.
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Trolley problems in context [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2011 Would you redirect a trolley to save five people even if it means that the trolley will run over a person on the side track? Most people say they would. Would you push that same person into the path of the trolley in order to save the five?
Christopher Shallow +2 more
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I Feel I Need to Think about It: A Defence of Affective Moral Enhancement. [PDF]
BioethicsABSTRACT Critics of affective moral enhancement generally contend that moral improvement can only be properly achieved through interventions that engage a person's rational faculties. Therefore, they view attempts to achieve moral improvement by targeting emotions as futile at best and detrimental to moral agency at worst.
Huang PH.
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Free will and trolley dilemmas: evidence for moral inertia in a Venezuelan sample [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundBeliefs about free will are central to philosophical and scientific conceptions of agency, and experimental work suggests that weakening such beliefs can reduce honesty, self-control, and helping. Yet little is known about how disbelief in free
Gabriel Andrade +2 more
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“All things equal”: ethical principles governing why autonomous vehicle experts change or retain their opinions in trolley problems—a qualitative study [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AIIntroductionAutonomous vehicles (AVs) are already being featured on some public roads. However, there is evidence suggesting that the general public remains particularly concerned and skeptical regarding the ethics of collision scenarios.MethodsThis ...
Stephen R. Milford +6 more
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Optimization of the trolley mechanism acceleration during tower crane steady slewing [PDF]
Archive of Mechanical Engineering, 2022 The article describes optimization of the process of acceleration of the tower crane trolley movement mechanism during the steady mode of the slewing mechanism.
Viacheslav Loveikin +3 more
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Wording effects in moral judgments [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2010 As the study of moral judgments grows, it becomes imperative to compare results across studies in order to create unified theories within the field. These efforts are potentially undermined, however, by variations in wording used by different researchers.
Ross E. O’Hara +2 more
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Moral Dilemmas in the A.I. Era: A New Approach [PDF]
Journal of Ethics and Legal Technologies, 2020 In this paper, we analyse the structure of evolving moral dilemmas with an eye of regard for the increasing importance of the role of artificial intelligence in such context.
Paolo Sommaggio, Samuela Marchiori
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Trolley problems in context – ERRATUM
Judgment and Decision Making, 2023 Christopher Shallow +2 more
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