Of Trolleys and Cheaters: Automatic Controlled Processes in Moral Judgment | Joshua Greene [2010]

Joshua Greene, assistant professor of psychology and director of the Moral Cognition Lab at Harvard University, proposes a dual process theory of moral judgment that combines intuition and emotion with conscious control and reasoning. He argues that emotions play a causal role in moral reasoning and that, without them, humans tend toward utilitarian judgments. To support his claims, he uses empirical data from often-replicated studies such as the trolley, footbridge and crying baby moral dilemmas.

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utilitarian calculation is just another form of emotional assessment

the result of the absence of emotional assessment is egotistical apathy