What changes people's judgments on moral issues, such as the ethics of abortion or eating
meat? On some views, moral judgments result from deliberation, such that reasons and …

An argument that moral reasoning plays a crucial role in moral judgment through episodes
of rational reflection that have established patterns for automatic judgment foundation …

Three studies test eight hypotheses about (1) how judgment differs between people who
ascribe greater vs. less moral relevance to choices,(2) how moral judgment is subject to task …

Are moral judgments based on reason, or on intuition and emotion? Thirty participants were
presented with a classic moral reasoning dilemma, and with four tasks that were designed to …

Recent experiments in moral psychology have been taken to imply that moral reasoning
only serves to reaffirm prior moral intuitions. More specifically, Jonathan Haidt concludes …

To what extent do moral judgments depend on conscious reasoning from explicitly
understood principles? We address this question by investigating one particular moral …

Over the past decade, intuitionist models of morality have challenged the view that moral
reasoning is the sole or even primary means by which moral judgments are made. Rather …

Recent research in moral psychology highlights the role of emotion and intuition in moral
judgment. In the wake of these findings, the role and significance of moral reasoning remain …

Professional ethicists behave no morally better than do other professors. At least that is what
we have found in a series of empirical studies that we will summarize below. Our results …

What kind of evidence will lead people to revise their moral beliefs? Moral beliefs are often
strongly held convictions, and existing research has shown that morality is rooted in emotion …