Your money or your life: Comparing judgements in trolley problems involving economic and emotional harms, injury and death

Economics and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-233

  Gold, Natalie ^a   Pulford, Briony D ^b   Colman, Andrew M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84880257036     PISSN: 02662671     EISSN: 14740028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266267113000205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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