A New Trolley Problem?

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A New Trolley Problem? / Di Nucci, Ezio.

The Trolley Problem. ed. / Hallvard Lillehammer. 1. ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. p. 231-243.

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Harvard

Di Nucci, E 2023, A New Trolley Problem? in H Lillehammer (ed.), The Trolley Problem. 1 edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 231-243. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009255615.013

APA

Di Nucci, E. (2023). A New Trolley Problem? In H. Lillehammer (Ed.), The Trolley Problem (1 ed., pp. 231-243). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009255615.013

Vancouver

Di Nucci E. A New Trolley Problem? In Lillehammer H, editor, The Trolley Problem. 1 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. p. 231-243 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009255615.013

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Di Nucci, Ezio. / A New Trolley Problem?. The Trolley Problem. editor / Hallvard Lillehammer. 1. ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. pp. 231-243

Bibtex

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