Beware the Trolley Zealots

This essay draws on Mary Douglas' theory of institutional styles of thinking to analyze the debate about how and when the Coronavirus crisis can be brought to an end. The dominant approach, I show, frames the problem in utilitarian terms, akin to what is known among philosophers as "the tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gil Eyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2020-05-01
Series:Sociologica
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Online Access:https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/10842