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Scott Woodcock When will a consequentialist push you in front of a trolley? article This article refutes the silent schadenfreude and debunking attack strategies commonly adopted by consequentialists in the face of trolley problems. It proposes instead a robust advantage strategy emphasizing the significance of intricate calculations that consequentialists engage in to defend against objections based on friendship and integrity. AI-generated abstract.

When will a consequentialist push you in front of a trolley?

Scott Woodcock

Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 95, no. 2, 2017, pp. 299–316

Abstract

This article refutes the silent schadenfreude and debunking attack strategies commonly adopted by consequentialists in the face of trolley problems. It proposes instead a robust advantage strategy emphasizing the significance of intricate calculations that consequentialists engage in to defend against objections based on friendship and integrity. AI-generated abstract.

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