The Trolley Problem Mysteries considers whether who turns the trolley and/or how it is turned (or otherwise stopped) affect the moral permissibility of acting and suggests general proposals for when we may and may not harm some people to help others.

• List of Contributors


• Introduction


• ERIC RAKOWSKI


• THE TROLLEY PROBLEM MYSTERIES


• F.M. KAMM


• Lecture I: Who Turned the Trolley?


• Lecture II: How Was the Trolley Turned?


• COMMENTS


• Kamm on the Trolley Problems


• JUDITH JARVIS THOMSON


• Trolleys and Permissible Harm


• THOMAS HURKA


• Solving the Trolley Problem


• SHELLY KAGAN


• F.M. KAMM


• Trolley Problem Mysteries on Trial: Defending the Trolley Problem, A Type of Solution to It, and a Method of Ethics


• Diagrams


• Index of Names

F. M. Kamm is Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences within the Philosophy Department at Harvard University. Kamm is also author of Intricate Ethics (OUP 2010) and Bioethical Prescriptions (OUP 2013), and others.
Eric Rakowski is Edward C. Halbach Jr. Professor of Law at University of California Berkeley.