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https://doi.org/10.21464/fi36112

The Trolley Problem and the Value of Intuitions as Proof

Linda Maraš Krapić ; cosmopolitics, cosmopolitanism, global justice, global governance, cosmopolitan democracy


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Abstract

In this article, I will discuss a moral dilemma known as the “trolley problem”, developed for the purpose of finding an answer to whether the idea of saving five people by sacrificing one innocent person can be justified. Is it possible that current research in neuroscience can shape our moral preferences? Can this view be justified outside the utilitarian theoretical conception? Considering the role of intuitive moral judgement in the context of this issue, we can say that intuitions can be thought of as being regulatory principles for achieving a coherence between deliberative moral judgements and general principles, i.e. reflective equilibrium, even though they cannot serve as empirical evidence in science. I conclude this essay with a basic idea that there is no moral justification for killing an innocent human being.

Keywords

trolley problem; utilitarianism; intuitive moral judgements; coherence; reflective equilibrium

Hrčak ID:

165856

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/165856

Publication date:

5.4.2016.

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