Term
trolley problem
A philosophers' thought experiment: may you sacrifice one person to save five? The version with the switch was proposed by Philippa Foot, the version with the footbridge by Judith Jarvis Thomson.
The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success, Kevin Dutton
Explained in
- The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success, Kevin Dutton
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
A thought experiment about whether it is acceptable to sacrifice one person to save five.