There is a long-standing debate in philosophy about whether it is morally permissible to harm one person in order to prevent a greater harm to others and, if not, what is the moral principle underlying the prohibition.Hypothetical moral dilemmas are used in order to probe moral intuitions.Philosophers use them to achieve a reflective equilibrium between intuitions and principles, psychologists to investigate moral decision-making processes.In the dilemmas, the harms that are traded off are almost always deaths.However, the moral principles and psychological processes are supposed to be broader than this, encompassing harms other than death.Further, if the standard pattern of intuitions is preserved in the domain of economic harm, then that would open up the possibility The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the
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