Discover this podcast and so much more

Podcasts are free to enjoy without a subscription. We also offer ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more for just $11.99/month.

David Edmonds on Trolley Problems

David Edmonds on Trolley Problems

FromPhilosophy Bites


David Edmonds on Trolley Problems

FromPhilosophy Bites

ratings:
Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Is it ever morally acceptable to kill one person to save many? Most people agree that in some extreme circumstances this, though psychologically difficult, can be the right action to take. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, Nigel Warburton interviews David Edmonds (co-creator of the Philosophy Bites podcast) about the life and death thought experiments known as Trolley Problems. David Edmonds book about  Trolley Problems Would You Kill the Fat Man? will be published in Autumn 2013 by Princeton University Press.
Released:
Sep 1, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics