LOS ANGELES—December 14, 2009—Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake.

Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake. Psychologists and philosophers ...

People typically evaluate the preferences of both themselves and others before making decisions in moral dilemmas. Researchers have theorized how people face moral dilemmas, but experimental data is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Department of Management at LSE. Post by Dr Niranjan Janardhanan, Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Intuition might be more than just a hunch; it could be your body telling you what’s morally right or wrong. Scientists from Korea University have discovered that people who are ...

Imagine a scenario in which a train is careening down a track, threatening to run into a group of five people. You see this happening and have to decide whether you would pull a lever to divert the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep deprivation may lead not only to bleary-eyed mornings, but clouded moral judgment as well, a study suggests. Army researchers found that when they subjected a group ...

Whether taken from religion, deep philosophical reflection or (god help us) enrapturing television programs like Game of Thrones, unique moral codes guide us through ambiguous and sticky situations.

Imagine you are a doctor during a deadly epidemic. As your hospital becomes overwhelmed with infected patients, you receive a vaccine that can prevent healthy people from contracting the virus, but it ...