The Trolley Problem, or Would You Throw the Fat Guy Off the Bridge?: A Philosophical Conundrum

by Thomas Cathcart

Book Overview

A trolley is careering out of control. Up ahead are five workers; on a spur to the right stands a lone individual. You, a bystander, happen to be standing next to a switch that could divert the trolley, which would save the five, but sacrifice the one--do you pull it? Or say you're watching from an overpass. The only way to save the workers is to drop a heavy object in the trolley's path. And you're standing next to a really fat man.... This ethical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076117513X
• ISBN13: 9780761175131
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.1"