Kant and the trolley
https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2024-9-2-112-119
EDN: DEHJSF
Abstract
The article explores the applicability of Kant’s ethics, which prohibited the use people as mere means, in solutions to various Trolley problem scenarios. Based on the distinction between notions ‘using as mere means’ and ‘treating as mere means’, the precise requirements of Kant’s prohibition are reconstructed.
About the Authors
S. Kahn
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
United States
United States
Indianapolis
A. V. Nekhaev
Omsk State Technical University; Tyumen State University; Tomsk Scientific
Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrei Viktorovich Nekhaev, translator from English, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor, Professor of Department, Research Associate
History, Philosophy and Social Communications Department; Philosophy Department; Laboratory of Logical and Philosophical Studies
Omsk; Tyumen; Tomsk
AuthorID (RSCI): 394939; AuthorID (SCOPUS): 57211853279; ResearcherID: M-7208-2016
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Kahn S., Nekhaev A.V. Kant and the trolley. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity. 2024;9(2):112-119. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2024-9-2-112-119. EDN: DEHJSF
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