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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.
One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: is it preferable to pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number.
A thought experiment is a hypothetical situation in which a hypothesis, ... (especially ethics), physics, and other fields (such as cognitive psychology, ...
This thought experiment attempts to show that utilitarianism is not actually egalitarian, even though it appears to be at first glance. [ 1 ] The experiment contends that there is no way of aggregating utility which can circumvent the conclusion that all units should be given to a utility monster, because it's possible to tailor a monster to ...
In ethics, the plank of Carneades is a thought experiment first proposed by the Academic Skeptic philosopher Carneades of Cyrene. It explores the concept of self-defense in relation to murder. In the thought experiment, there are two shipwrecked sailors, A and B. They both see a plank that can only support one of them and both of them swim ...
The original position (OP), often referred to as the veil of ignorance, is a thought experiment often associated with the works of American philosopher John Rawls. In the original position, one is asked to consider which principles they would select for the basic structure of society, but they must select as if they had no knowledge ahead of ...
A thought experiment, or gedanken experiment, is a proposal for an experiment that would test or illuminate a hypothesis, theory, or principle. Subcategories. This ...
Milgram’s experiment raised immediate controversy about the research ethics of scientific experimentation because of the extreme emotional stress and inflicted insight suffered by the participants. On June 10, 1964, the American Psychologist published a brief but influential article by Diana Baumrind titled "Some Thoughts on Ethics of ...