The New Problem of Numbers in Morality

Discussion of the “problem of numbers” in morality has focused almost exclusively on the moral significance of numbers in whom-to-rescue cases: when you can save either of two groups of people, but not both, does the number of people in each group matter morally? I suggest that insufficient attentio...

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Main Author: Woollard, Fiona (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2014
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2014, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 631-641
Further subjects:B Numbers
B Taurek
B Combs
B Number scepticism
B Trolley Problem
B Munoz-Dardé
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