PHIL 2550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Trolley Problem, Moral Realism, Inequity Aversion

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2550
• Professor: Joshua Shepard

Document Summary

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