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This study examines gender, Moral Foundations Questionnaire scores and political partisanship as they relate to moral dilemmas. MFQ scores are the result of a moral foundations questionnaire. Moral dilemmas were posed through two trolley problems in which the answer was to either push, or not push either a lever or a person. Males and the politically non-partisan were more likely to make more utilitarian decisions, associated with lower purity scores with MFQ. Females showed an opposing dilemma solving strategy associating with higher purity scores. |
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2017-04-28
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Scott Ashburn is a 41-year-old senior at Kent State Geauga with a major in Psychology. He enjoys spending time with his wife and 11-year-old son, woodworking, is a fanatical Breaking Bad fan and eagerly awaits the coming season of Game of Thrones.