Low Levels of Empathic Concern Predict Utilitarian Moral Judgment
Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Classic moral dilemmas are often defined by the conflict between a putatively rational response to maximize aggregate welfare (i.e., the utilitarian judgment) and an emotional aversion to harm (i.e., the non-utilitarian judgment). Here, we address two ques...
Main Authors: | Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel, Young, Liane |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617220/ |
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