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¹Psychology, Evolution and Cognition (IFISC-CSIC), University of the Balearic Islands Palma, Spain.

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Summary

Researchers refined moral dilemmas to study moral judgment, finding that factors like personal force and intention significantly impact emotional responses and decisions. This revised set is available in six languages for cross-cultural research.

Keywords:

DPHMJ cross cultural decision making moral dilemmas moral judgment

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Cognitive Psychology
Moral Philosophy
Neuroscience

Background:

Existing moral dilemma sets may have methodological limitations influencing judgment.
Key factors like personal force, benefit recipient, and intention are known to affect moral judgments.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a revised set of 46 moral dilemmas.
To investigate the influence of conceptual and methodological factors on moral judgment.
To provide a cross-culturally relevant resource for moral cognition research.

Main Methods:

Selection and refinement of 46 existing moral dilemmas.
Manipulation of conceptual factors (Personal Force, Benefit Recipient, Evitability, Intention) and methodological aspects.
Normative coding of arousal and valence for each dilemma.
Validation of the revised dilemma set with human participants.

Main Results:

Emotional arousal in response to moral dilemmas is critically dependent on Personal Force, Benefit Recipient, and Intentionality.
Moral judgments are sensitive to all four conceptual factors and their interactions.
Reaction time effects support the Dual Process account of moral judgment.

Conclusions:

The revised moral dilemma set offers a more nuanced tool for studying moral judgment.
Intentionality emerges as a particularly crucial factor in moral cognition.
The multilingual availability facilitates cross-cultural investigations into universal moral cognition.