Judging the morality of utilitarian actions: How poor utilitarian accessibility makes judges irrational

Is it acceptable and moral to sacrifice a few people’s lives to save many others? Research on moral dilemmas in psychology, experimental philosophy, and neuropsychology has shown that respondents judge utilitarian personal moral actions (footbridge dilemma) as less appropriate than equivalent utilit...

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Main Authors: Kusev, Petko, van Schaik, Paul, Alzahrani, Shrooq, Lonigro, Samantha, Purser, Harry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2016
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33166/
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33166/1/art%253A10.3758%252Fs13423-016-1029-2.pdf