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- Title
Kant and the trolley.
- Authors
Kahn, Samuel
- Abstract
Redirecting the Trolley As noted in the previous section, Kant's ethics does not assess act types directly: it assesses act tokens by means of the maxims they manifest and then generalizes up to act types. There are two important differences between this prohibition and the one referred to by Thomson: (i) Thomson talks of treating as a mere means whereas Kant talks of using as a mere means, and (ii) Thomson talks of persons whereas Kant talks of humanity in persons. To mark this distinction, I shall refer to the actual prohibition in FH as Kant's prohibition whereas I shall refer to Thomson's prohibition and others which are similarly Kant-inspired as Kantian prohibitions. Thomson's famous Trolley problem involves two thought experiments: B Trolley b A trolley is hurtling down a track, and if it continues it will run over five people who are on the track and have no means of escape.
- Subjects
INTUITION; DEONTOLOGICAL ethics; KANTIAN ethics; NORMATIVITY (Ethics); ETHICS; OVERWEIGHT men; PROMISES
- Publication
Journal of Value Inquiry, 2023, Vol 57, Issue 3, p487
- ISSN
0022-5363
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10790-021-09838-6