The trolley problem is a moral dilemmas in which human lives are in danger and some, but not all, can be saved by direct intervention of a decision-maker. This article discusses three weaknesses of microeconomics with respect to individual conduct in the trolley problem: (i) it cannot make predictions; (ii) after observing the conduct of participants in an experiment, it cannot explain their decisions; (iii) it cannot suggest policies that ensure the maximization of aggregate welfare, nor can it suggest laws that endorse the prevailing observed conduct
If your self-driving Volvo suddenly must decide whether to swerve into one pedestrian in order to av...
In this essay I argue that traditional solutions to the trolley problem, named for a series of cases...
In two fascinating and provocative papers, Judith Jarvis Thomson discusses the Trolley Problem. In...
The trolley problem, first described by Foot (1967) and Thomson (The Monist, 59, 204–217, 1976), is ...
There is a long-standing debate in philosophy about whether it is morally permissible to harm one pe...
This chapter presents a selective overview of the emergence of the trolley problem as a theoretical ...
Recent studies by cognitive scientists demonstrate that people’s choices are more complex than the i...
In this paper, I provide a general introduction to the trolley problem. I describe its birth as a ph...
Would you redirect a trolley to save five people even if it means that the trolley will run over a p...
Book synopsis: The Trolley Problem is one of the most intensively discussed and controversial puzzle...
In the trolley case, an individual is faced with killing one man in order to save five equally innoc...
Automated vehicles have to make decisions, such as driving maneuvers or rerouting, based on environm...
The trolley problem is a well-known thought experiment in moral philosophy, used to explore issues s...
Judith Jarvis Thomson has recently proposed a new argument for the thesis that killing the one in th...
Questions of what a self-driving car ought to do if it encounters a situation analogous to the ‘trol...
If your self-driving Volvo suddenly must decide whether to swerve into one pedestrian in order to av...
In this essay I argue that traditional solutions to the trolley problem, named for a series of cases...
In two fascinating and provocative papers, Judith Jarvis Thomson discusses the Trolley Problem. In...
The trolley problem, first described by Foot (1967) and Thomson (The Monist, 59, 204–217, 1976), is ...
There is a long-standing debate in philosophy about whether it is morally permissible to harm one pe...
This chapter presents a selective overview of the emergence of the trolley problem as a theoretical ...
Recent studies by cognitive scientists demonstrate that people’s choices are more complex than the i...
In this paper, I provide a general introduction to the trolley problem. I describe its birth as a ph...
Would you redirect a trolley to save five people even if it means that the trolley will run over a p...
Book synopsis: The Trolley Problem is one of the most intensively discussed and controversial puzzle...
In the trolley case, an individual is faced with killing one man in order to save five equally innoc...
Automated vehicles have to make decisions, such as driving maneuvers or rerouting, based on environm...
The trolley problem is a well-known thought experiment in moral philosophy, used to explore issues s...
Judith Jarvis Thomson has recently proposed a new argument for the thesis that killing the one in th...
Questions of what a self-driving car ought to do if it encounters a situation analogous to the ‘trol...
If your self-driving Volvo suddenly must decide whether to swerve into one pedestrian in order to av...
In this essay I argue that traditional solutions to the trolley problem, named for a series of cases...
In two fascinating and provocative papers, Judith Jarvis Thomson discusses the Trolley Problem. In...