APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Partisan Trolleyology
- Sharon Tkacz
Kent State University @ Geauga - Scott Ashburn
Kent State University - Zach Moore
Kent State University
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between political orientation and moral dilemmas (i.e., trolley problems). Independents made more utilitarian decisions than Partisans (Republicans and Democrats). Partisan decisions may be based more on deontological principles, even though those principles are not the same.
Judgment and Decision Making
