The Role of Conscious Reasoning and Intuition in Moral Judgment

@article{Cushman2006TheRO,
  title={The Role of Conscious Reasoning and Intuition in Moral Judgment},
  author={Fiery Andrews Cushman and Liane Young and Marc D. Hauser},
  journal={Psychological Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={17},
  pages={1082 - 1089}
}
Is moral judgment accomplished by intuition or conscious reasoning? An answer demands a detailed account of the moral principles in question. We investigated three principles that guide moral judgments: (a) Harm caused by action is worse than harm caused by omission, (b) harm intended as the means to a goal is worse than harm foreseen as the side effect of a goal, and (c) harm involving physical contact with the victim is worse than harm involving no physical contact. Asking whether these… 
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