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Would You Kill the Fat Man?

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

Would You Kill the Fat Man?

By David Edmonds

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About the book

A runaway train is racing toward five men who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five men. You are standing on a footbridge looking down on the unfolding disaster. However, a fat man, a stranger, is standing next to you: if you push him off the bridge, he will topple onto the line and, although he will die, his chunky body will stop the train, saving five lives. Would you kill the fat man? The question may seem bizarre. But it's one variation of a puz...Show more

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ISBN

9780691165639

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2015

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1

Original title

Would You Kill the Fat Man?

Format

Paperback

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