MORAL REASONING ABOUT HUMAN WELFARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS : JUDGING CONFLICTS INVOLVING SACRIFICING AND SAVING LIVES /
The value of human life is a significant moral value for most people. Yet, past research has devoted little attention to the development of moral reasoning about the value of life. The present studies investigated how adolescents and adults reason about the value of life in the context of so-called...
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| author | Dahl, Audun, author Gingo, Matthew, author Uttich, Kevin, author Turiel, Elliot, author Bauer, Patricia J., editor |
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| description | The value of human life is a significant moral value for most people. Yet, past research has devoted little attention to the development of moral reasoning about the value of life. The present studies investigated how adolescents and adults reason about the value of life in the context of so-called trolley car situations. These situations, adopted from philosophy, involve the option of sacrificing the life of one person to save five others. Based on past developmental research, we expected that individuals would reason about distinct and sometimes conflicting considerations regarding the value of life. This approach contrasted with past research on adults' responses to trolley car situations, which has been taken to show that most moral evaluations are based not on reasoning but on affective, automatic reactions. In Study 1, 288 adolescents and adults were interviewed about trolley car situations designed to examine considerations like the value of human life and the relationship of those at risk with the actors. In Study 2, 144 college studens were interviewed to further examine the roles of those involved. Participants' justifications referred not only to the number of lives saved, but also to other considerations, such as intrinsic rights and personal responsibility for events. Moreover, responses indicated frequent conflicts about standard trolley car situations, counter to the argument that people's evaluations are automatic based soley on a counting of lives saved. The present findings indicated that adolescents and adults reason about, seek to coordinate, distinct moral considerations regarding the value of life. |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5584702020-12-19T17:21:07ZMORAL REASONING ABOUT HUMAN WELFARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS : JUDGING CONFLICTS INVOLVING SACRIFICING AND SAVING LIVES / Dahl, Audun, author Gingo, Matthew, author Uttich, Kevin, author Turiel, Elliot, author Bauer, Patricia J., editor Danvers, MA : WILEY-BLACKWELL,2018engThe value of human life is a significant moral value for most people. Yet, past research has devoted little attention to the development of moral reasoning about the value of life. The present studies investigated how adolescents and adults reason about the value of life in the context of so-called trolley car situations. These situations, adopted from philosophy, involve the option of sacrificing the life of one person to save five others. Based on past developmental research, we expected that individuals would reason about distinct and sometimes conflicting considerations regarding the value of life. This approach contrasted with past research on adults' responses to trolley car situations, which has been taken to show that most moral evaluations are based not on reasoning but on affective, automatic reactions. In Study 1, 288 adolescents and adults were interviewed about trolley car situations designed to examine considerations like the value of human life and the relationship of those at risk with the actors. In Study 2, 144 college studens were interviewed to further examine the roles of those involved. Participants' justifications referred not only to the number of lives saved, but also to other considerations, such as intrinsic rights and personal responsibility for events. Moreover, responses indicated frequent conflicts about standard trolley car situations, counter to the argument that people's evaluations are automatic based soley on a counting of lives saved. The present findings indicated that adolescents and adults reason about, seek to coordinate, distinct moral considerations regarding the value of life.Includes bibliographical references and indexI. Introduction (Page 7), Audun Dahl, Matthew Gingo, Kevin Uttich, And Elliot Turielii. -- Study 1: Investigating Both Evaluations And Reasoning About Systematically Varied Trolley Car Situations (Page 31), Audun Dahl, Matthew Gingo, Kevin Uttich, And Elliot Turieliii. -- Study 2: Varying The Involvement Of The Potential Victims (Page 65), Audun Dahl, Matthew Gingo, Kevin Uttich, And Elliot Turieliv. -- General Discussion (Page 77), Audun Dahl, Matthew Gingo, Kevin Uttich, And Elliot Turiel, references (Page 100) -- Acknowledgments (Page 109) -- Commentary challenging -- A Dual-Process Approach To Moral Reasoning : Adolescents And Adults Evaluations Of Trolley Car Situations (Page 110), Melanie Killen And Kelly Lynn Mulvey -- contributers (Page 124) -- Subject Index (Page 126).The value of human life is a significant moral value for most people. Yet, past research has devoted little attention to the development of moral reasoning about the value of life. The present studies investigated how adolescents and adults reason about the value of life in the context of so-called trolley car situations. These situations, adopted from philosophy, involve the option of sacrificing the life of one person to save five others. Based on past developmental research, we expected that individuals would reason about distinct and sometimes conflicting considerations regarding the value of life. This approach contrasted with past research on adults' responses to trolley car situations, which has been taken to show that most moral evaluations are based not on reasoning but on affective, automatic reactions. In Study 1, 288 adolescents and adults were interviewed about trolley car situations designed to examine considerations like the value of human life and the relationship of those at risk with the actors. In Study 2, 144 college studens were interviewed to further examine the roles of those involved. Participants' justifications referred not only to the number of lives saved, but also to other considerations, such as intrinsic rights and personal responsibility for events. Moreover, responses indicated frequent conflicts about standard trolley car situations, counter to the argument that people's evaluations are automatic based soley on a counting of lives saved. The present findings indicated that adolescents and adults reason about, seek to coordinate, distinct moral considerations regarding the value of life.PSZJBLHumanitarianismHumanitarianismURN:ISBN:9781119544593 |
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| title | MORAL REASONING ABOUT HUMAN WELFARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS : JUDGING CONFLICTS INVOLVING SACRIFICING AND SAVING LIVES / |
| title_full | MORAL REASONING ABOUT HUMAN WELFARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS : JUDGING CONFLICTS INVOLVING SACRIFICING AND SAVING LIVES / |
| title_fullStr | MORAL REASONING ABOUT HUMAN WELFARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS : JUDGING CONFLICTS INVOLVING SACRIFICING AND SAVING LIVES / |
| title_full_unstemmed | MORAL REASONING ABOUT HUMAN WELFARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS : JUDGING CONFLICTS INVOLVING SACRIFICING AND SAVING LIVES / |
| title_short | MORAL REASONING ABOUT HUMAN WELFARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS : JUDGING CONFLICTS INVOLVING SACRIFICING AND SAVING LIVES / |
| title_sort | moral reasoning about human welfare in adolescents and adults judging conflicts involving sacrificing and saving lives |
| topic | Humanitarianism Humanitarianism |
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