Trolley Problem Mysteries: May We Harm Some to Save Others? (Part 2)

Frances Kamm gives a talk called "How Was the Trolley Turned?" which is the second in a series of lectures on the Trolley Problem called "The Trolley Problem Mysteries: May We Harm Some to Save Others?". This was part of the Tanner Lecture Series given at Berkeley in 2013 with commentary by Thomas Hurka and Shelly Kagan.
Note, the introductions for all the speakers have been edited out. Frances Kamm is a distinguished philosopher whose work focuses on normative and applied ethics. More particularly, her research has taken up issues in nonconsequentialist ethical theory and the moral problems of mortality, bioethics, torture and war. Her writings deftly engage both the theoretical aspects of morality and their practical applications, probing the structure of the moral realm through rigorous reflection on ingenious hypothetical cases and thought experiments.
00:00 Frances Kamm's Lecture
1:00:01 Tom Hurka
1:17:08 Shelly Kagan
1:34:45 Response
1:42:26 Q&A
#philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy

[@pluto9000]

Would be good if the different diagrams she talks about were on the screen for the video.

[@friesNcoke]

I need to listen to this all again. Just one question: say we changed the comparison from a trolley situation compared with a medical situation to cavemen, boulders, and a mountain situation compared with a medical situation. What changes, if anything, if we perform that little switcheroo?

[@user-lr2ib1cv4d]

The trolly prroblem as moral conundrum? Does this not serve as an excuse--as Jesus's sacrifice (all but burned in the mind) impairs even a hint of moving towards meaningful risk? Yes? No? Perhaps?