Double Effect, Triple Effect and the Trolley Problem: Squaring the Circle in Looping Cases

Michael Otsuka

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In the Trolley Case (Figure 1), as devised by Philippa Foot and modified by Judith Jarvis Thomson, a runaway trolley (i.e. tram) is headed down a main track and will hit and kill five unless you divert it onto a side track, where it will hit and kill one.

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1985The Trolley Problem 1994Actions, intentions, and consequences: The Doctrine of Double Effect

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