Clarifying ethical stances in conservation: a trolley problem thought experiment

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf052" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf052</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf052" target="_blank" >10.1093/biosci/biaf052</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Clarifying ethical stances in conservation: a trolley problem thought experiment

Original language description

Conservation policies often need to integrate scientific predictions with ethical considerations. However, different normative ethical systems at the root of conservation approaches often support different decisions, and the moral stances of stakeholders are influenced by diverse societal values and perceptions. This creates the potential for dilemmas and conflicts. In the present article, we adapt the well-known trolley problem thought experiment to a conservation context. Exploring variations in how the problem is framed enables us to highlight key concepts that need to be considered in decision-making (uncertainty., asymmetry in numbers, victims, and impacts., temporal and spatial asymmetry., causal relationships and stakeholder involvement). We argue that the trolley problem offers a simplified but flexible framework to understand and predict the factors underlying differences in moral stances across diverse conservation issues, foster communication, and facilitate informed decision-making in conservation practice.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Bioscience

ISSN

0006-3568

e-ISSN

1525-3244

Volume of the periodical

75

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

722-736

UT code for WoS article

001516954500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105015073038