Taking moral uncertainty into account: the relationship between utilitarianism and moral hedging
Data from the first study of this project indicated an interaction between subjective probability of consequentialism and the degree of moral uncertainty on the personal moral evaluation of an action. In this study, we try to replicate this finding in a simplified paradigm. - - In this study, parti...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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Apr 9, 2021
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Open Science Framework
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| DOI: | 10.17605/OSF.IO/N9RPA |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/N9RPA Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://osf.io/n9rpa 
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| Author Notes: | Maximilian Theisen, Markus Germar, Joachim Funke |
| Summary: | Data from the first study of this project indicated an interaction between subjective probability of consequentialism and the degree of moral uncertainty on the personal moral evaluation of an action. In this study, we try to replicate this finding in a simplified paradigm. - - In this study, participants respond to the Oxford Utilitarianism Scale (OUS; Kahane et al., 2018), before rating the response options in sacrificial dilemmas. The dilemmas are taken from Christensen et al. (2014): - - Transplant 1 (personal - instrumental - avoidable death), - - Transplant 2 (impersonal - instrumental - avoidable death), - - Switch (impersonal - accidental - avoidable death), - - Shipyard (personal - accidental - avoidable death). - For each scenario, participants indicate on 11 items, how uncertain they are in the moral evaluation of the different actions. The previous study showed that these items are related to normative rather than empirical uncertainty. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 26.02.2026 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.17605/OSF.IO/N9RPA |