trolleyology

Anglais

Étymologie

Dérivé de trolley, avec le suffixe -logy.

Nom commun

trolleyology \Prononciation ?\

1. (Philosophie) (Par plaisanterie) (Extrêmement rare) Tramwayologie, partie de la philosophie morale qui traite des expériences de pensée impliquant un tramway.
   • The core of trolleyology consists of a series of far-fetched scenarios that Appiah (2008) aptly refers to as "moral emergencies" : stories in which there is only one agent , faced with an exhaustive set of clear options to choose from in a very short amount of time with very serious consequences. — (Hanno Sauer, Debunking arguments in ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2018, p. 153.)

Dérivés

• trolleyological
• trolleyologist