A moral trade-off system produces intuitive judgments that are rational and coherent and strike a balance between conflicting moral values
Abstrak
Significance Intuitions about right and wrong clash in moral dilemmas. We report evidence that dilemmas activate a moral trade-off system: a cognitive system that is well designed for making trade-offs between conflicting moral values. When asked which option for resolving a dilemma is morally right, many people made compromise judgments, which strike a balance between conflicting moral values by partially satisfying both. Furthermore, their moral judgments satisfied a demanding standard of rational choice: the Generalized Axiom of Revealed Preferences. Deliberative reasoning cannot explain these results, nor can a tug-of-war between emotion and reason. The results are the signature of a cognitive system that weighs competing moral considerations and chooses the solution that maximizes rightness.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (4)
R. A. Guzmán
M. Barbato
Daniel Sznycer
L. Cosmides
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2022
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 30×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1073/pnas.2214005119
- Akses
- Open Access ✓