Premium Content The Morality of Murder: Dostoyevsky's Complication of "the Trolley Problem"
By Joseph Silver - March 15, 2007
When is one morally sanctioned to take another's life? In Fyodor Dostoyevsky's highly acclaimed philosophical detective story, Crime and Punishment, the author casts light on several important existential and metaphysical quandaries that are universally applicable to understanding the human condition. The story centers on the tale of "our hero…
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