Would You Kill the Fat Man (29 page)

propranolol,
154
–
55
,
157
–
58
,
203n2

psychology: authority experiment,
128
; coughing man experiment,
128
–
29
;
The Emotional Dog and its Rational Tail
(Haidt),
148
;
The Emotional Dog and its Rational Tail
(Haidt),
132
–
33
; Greene and,
136
–
41
; Kahneman and,
104
–
5
,
147
–
48
; of killing,
141
; Knobe Effect,
66
–
67
; Milgram and,
128
; psychopaths,
149
–
50
,
164
,
202n19
;
Saturday

Night Live
test,
131
; Ultimatum Game,
159
–
64
; Zimbardo and,
128
.
See also
neuroscience

psychopaths,
149
–
50
,
164

Pullman, George,
57
–
60
,
62
,
178
; and Pullman Strike,
59
–
60
,
62
,
158
–
59
,
178

purposefulness.
See
intention

racism,
128
,
157
–
58

Ramachandran, Vilayanur,
147

rational choice theory,
104

Rationale of Judicial Evidence (
Bentham),
72

Rawls, John,
95
–
97

“Reflective Equilibrium,”
95
–
97

Refuge case,
170

responses: and gender,
92
–
93
,
123
; and political ideology,
92
–
93
; and religion,
92
–
93
; and socioeconomic class,
92
–
93
; subconscious influences on,
131
–
32
,
141

responsibility: compatibilists and,
90
–
91
; DDE and personal,
31

rights: Bentham on natural,
73
; Greene and,
136
; Kant and,
47
–
48
; Thomson and,
39

robotic warfare,
123
–
24

Roozrokh, Hootan,
102
–
3

Ryle, Gilbert,
150
–
51

Scanlon, Thomas,
31

Searle, John: Chinese Room case,
171

self-defense.
See
self-preservation

self interest,
162
–
63

self-preservation: DDE and,
27
–
28
; Zeebrugge Ferry killer,
119
–
21

self-sacrifice,
36
–
38
,
51
,
195n2

serotonin,
156
,
158
,
165

sex: brain tumor and sexual aberration,
145
–
46
; homosexuality,
61
,
72
,
109
,
148
; mating behaviors of voles,
156
–
57
; as procreative act,
61
; Roman Catholic doctrine and Anscombe’s view on,
25
,
61
; sexual mores as culturally defined,
109
,
148
; sibling incest,
96
,
133
,
144

Sidgwick, Henry,
75
,
78

Simpson, Brian,
119

Singer, Peter,
52
,
82
,
143
,
148

Six Behind One case,
54
–
56
,
55
,

Smith, Adam,
162
–
63

social psychology
See also
x-phi
,
88
–
89
,
128
–
39

Sophie’s Choice
(film),
121

Spur scenario,
8
–
10
,
9
,;
vs.
Drug and Transplant cases,
33
–
34
;
vs.
Fat Man,
38
–
43
,
74
,
82
–
83
,
93
,
106
–
7
,
177
;
vs.
Loop,
42
,
105
–
6
;
vs.
Loop case,
63
–
64
;
vs.
Six Behind One case,
54
–
55

Stanford Prison Experiment,
128

strikes (Pullman),
59
–
60
,
62
,
158
–
59
,
178

subconscious influences on responses,
131
–
32
,
141

subjectivism,
13
–
15
,
34
,
194n3

suicide,
195n2

surveys,
92
–
93

Tele-Transporter case,
170
–
71

terrorism,
49
–
50

A Theory of Justice
(Rawls),
95
–
97

The Theory of Moral Sentiments
(Smith),
162
–
63

The Republic
(Plato),
169

Thomson, Judith Jarvis,
35
–
39
,
42
–
43
,
176
–
77
; “A Defense of Abortion,”
39
; dying violinist case,
39
; falling ceiling case,
89
; Loop case,
41
,
42
–
43
,
105
; “The Trolley Problem,”
35
–
38

thought experiments: limits of,
171
; Locke’s cobbler and prince,
170
; moral intuition and,
171
,
174
; Nazi Thought Experiment,
122
–
23
,
149
; as tests of moral intuition and,
10
,
xiii
; as useless,
95
,
100
.
See also
cases (theoretical)

3-D virtual-reality trolley test,
130
–
31
ticking clock scenario,
49
–
50
,
78
–
79
,
181

tool case,
99

torture,
44
–
51
,
78
–
79

Tractor Man case,
97
–
98
,
98
,

Transplant case,
33
–
34

Transplant Donor Network case (Better name later),
102
–
13
,
102
–
3

trap door case,
139
–
40
,
140
,

Tree Trunk case,
90

trolleyology,
10
–
11

“The Trolley Problem” (Foot),
35
–
38

trolley scenarios: Extra Push case,
63
–
66
,
64
,; footbridge and (
See
footbridge scenarios
); Lazy Susan case,
40
–
43
; Loop case,
41
,
42
–
43
,
105
; Mikhail and,
113
–
15
,
123
; Six Behind One case,
54
–
56
,
55
,; Spur (
See
Spur scenario
); tool case,
99
; Tractor Man case,
97
–
98
,
98
,; Tree Trunk case,
90
; Tumble case,
98
–
99
,
99
,; Two Loop case,
65
,
66

Truman, Harry S.,
23
–
25
,
178
–
79

Tumble case,
98
–
99
,
99
,

tumors,
145
–
46

Tversky, Amos,
104

twenty Indians case,
81
–
82

Two Loop case,
65
,
66

Two Philosophers case,
91
–
92

Tyrone and Chip,
139
–
40

Ultimatum Game,
159
–
64
; animal experiments,
161
,
203n4
; cultural differences and,
163
; psychopaths and,
164
; sleep deprivation and,
164
; Two Thirsty Men case,
159

Unger, Peter,
105

unions: American Railway Union,
59
,
158
–
59
.
See also
strikes (Pullman)

Universal Laws: Language,
110
–
12
; Morals,
112

universal moral sense.
See
innate morality

utilitarianism,
19
,
69
–
76
,
78
–
82
,
93
,
132
,
153
,
172
; Bentham and (
See
Bentham, Jeremy
); deontology and,
202n19
; esoteric morality,
78
–
79
; “felicific calculus,”
70
–
72
; Hare on,
79
–
80
; Mill as “rule-utilitarian,”
198n20
; psychopaths and,
202n19
; in relation to neuroscience,
135
–
41
,
148
–
49
,
158
; Sidgwick and,
75
,
78

vasopressin,
156
–
57

Vienna Circle,
13
–
14

The View From Nowhere
(Nagel),
63
–
65

virtual-reality: experience machine,
170
; 3-D virtual-reality trolley test,
130
–
31

virtue ethics,
171
–
72

virtues,
19
,
27

von Metzler, Jakob (kidnapping victim),
44
–
46
,
50
–
51

warfare,
3
–
7
; biological and chemical weapons,
81
–
82
; collateral damage,
30
–
31
; doodlebugs,
4
–
7
; double agents,
5
–
7
; drones,
141
–
42
; “Just War” theory,
11
,
179
; as murder,
24
,
73
–
74
; nuclear weapons,
23
–
24
,
178
–
79
; robotic,
123
–
24

The Wealth of Nations
(Smith),
162

Williams, Bernard,
78
,
81
,
172
; biological warfare case,
81
–
82
; twenty Indians case,
81
–
82

Wilson, Harold,
16

Wittgenstien, Ludwig,
19
–
21
,
151
,
170
,
179

x-phi,
66
–
67
,
87
–
93
; Asian disease case,
104
–
5
; BBC survey,
93
; 3-D virtual-reality trolley test,
130
–
31
; Knobe and,
66
–
67
; Monkey case,
132
; Moral Sense Test,
92
; Nazi Thought Experiment,
122
–
23
;
Saturday Night Live
test,
131
; Tyrone and Chip case,
131
–
32

yacht case,
143

Zeebrugge ferry killer,
119
–
21

Zimbardo, Phillip,
128