Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong Paperback - 2015
by Edmonds, David
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- Title Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong
- Author Edmonds, David
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2015-02-22
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2104290097
- ISBN 9780691165639 / 0691165637
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Ethical
- Library of Congress subjects Miscellanea, Ethics
- Dewey Decimal Code 150
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From the rear cover
"Lucid, witty, and beautifully written, this book is a pleasure to read. While providing an introduction to moral philosophy, it also presents engaging portraits of some of the greatest moral philosophers from Thomas Aquinas to the present day, and it makes the case for the relevance to ethics of the new experimental moral psychology. It is a tour de force."--Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen
"This is a splendid work. You shouldn't expect it to resolve all your trolley problems but you can look forward to a romping mix of fine humor, intriguing anecdote, and solid argument. It's a sheer joy to read."--Philip Pettit, Princeton University and Australian National University
"David Edmonds has a remarkable knack for weaving the threads of philosophical debates into an engaging story. Would You Kill the Fat Man? is a stimulating introduction to some key ethical issues and philosophers."--Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty
"David Edmonds's new book, Would You Kill the Fat Man?, is both highly informative and a delight to read. Written in a clear, engaging, and witty style, it succeeds admirably in making various fascinating and important debates in philosophy and psychology accessible to a broad readership."--Jeff McMahan, Rutgers University
"This is a highly engaging book. David Edmonds's reflections are full of insight and he provides fascinating biographical background about the main players in the history of the trolley problem, in a style reminiscent of his very successful Wittgenstein's Poker."--Roger Crisp, University of Oxford
