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  1. philsci-archive.pitt.edu

    Companion to Thought Experiments. Abingdon/New York: Routledge. 195-210. - 1 - Thought Experiments in Ethics Georg Brun Georg.Brun@philo.unibe.ch Abstract This chapter suggests a scheme of reconstruction, which explains how scenarios, questions and arguments figure in thought experiments. It then develops a typology of ethical thought
  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Pages in category "Thought experiments in ethics" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aborting black babies to reduce crime; Atheist's wager; B. Bellum omnium contra omnes; Big Book (thought experiment) C.
  3. Thought experiments help us explore philosophical concepts in a more practical way. For example, the trolly problem forces us to confront how we would apply our ethics in a situation. The point of thought experiments isn't to arrive at a specific answer. Instead, thought experiments force us to reason through our ideas and give us insight into ...
  4. plato.stanford.edu

    In fact, thought experiments as a method in ethics have their critics (see, e.g., Dancy 1985). Alternatively, they can provide a different version of the same scenario to challenge the conclusion. It is a very intriguing feature of thought experiments that they can be "rethought" (see Bokulich 2001). Real experiments are frequently open to ...
  5. onlinelibrary.wiley.com

    Some of the more famous relatively recent examples of thought experiments in ethics, which vary widely with respect to their realism, include Philippa Foot's notorious "trolley problem," Bernard Williams's story of Jim and the Indians, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's "famous violinist." However, for many newcomers to philosophical ethics ...
  6. One of the most well known thought experiments in the field of ethics is the "Trolley Problem," which goes something like this: a madman has tied five innocent people to a trolley track. An out of control trolley car is careening toward them, and is moments away from running them over. Luckily, you can pull a lever and divert the trolley to ...
  7. philsci-archive.pitt.edu

    This chapter suggests a scheme of reconstruction, which explains how scenarios, questions and arguments figure in thought experiments. It then develops a typology of ethical thought experiments according to their function, which can be epistemic, illustrative, rhetorical, heuristic or theory-internal. Epistemic functions of supporting or refuting ethical claims rely on metaethical assumptions ...
  8. academic.oup.com

    Counterexample thought experiments (CTEs) play a prominent role in the ethics literature. A wide range of ethics CTEs have a distinctive feature: they feature forced choices with fixed outcomes. This feature matters because, according to a generally accepted understanding of CTEs' role in philosophical methodology, CTEs work by presenting ...
  9. philarchive.org

    Thought Experiments in Ethics, 2021 CONTENTS Preface i Chapter I The Story in Your Head: Tomoceuszkakatiti and Gyugyu 1 Chapter II How Thought Experiments Move Us: The Samaritan and His Neighbours 16 Chapter III What Makes a Thought Experiment? 34 Chapter IV Thought Experiments in Practical Philosophy and Bioethics 75 Chapter V The Experience ...
  10. ethicalpsychology.com

    Thought experiments are devices of the imagination used to investigate the nature of things. They are used for diverse reasons in a variety of areas, including economics, history, mathematics, philosophy, and the sciences, especially physics. Most often thought experiments are communicated in narrative form, frequently with diagrams.
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