Abstract. Applying logic from both the model of intuitive morality and exemplars and construal level theory, we examined the impact of baseline moral intuition salience and social distance on the moral judgment of a narrative character confronted with a moral dilemma. After completing a measure of baseline intuition salience, participants in an experiment first read an article about a fighter pilot who shot down a plane and then judged the pilot’s actions as morally right or wrong. The article indicated that the plane had been hijacked by a terrorist who wanted to let it crash into a nearby stadium, and that the pilot shot down the plane to save the spectators in the stadium. Participants were randomly assigned to read the article either as if they were the pilot (social distance low) or as objectively as possible (social distance high). Results showed that baseline intuition salience and social distance interacted in determining moral judgment. Finally, moral judgment predicted whether participants would find the pilot guilty or not. In a second study using the same design as in the first study, we ensured that readers focused on different aspects of the dilemma depending on social distance.

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在岩石和坚硬的地方之间

摘要。运用直觉道德和范例模型以及解释水平理论的逻辑，我们研究了基线道德直觉显着性和社会距离对面临道德困境的叙事人物的道德判断的影响。在完成基线直觉显着性测量后，实验参与者首先阅读一篇关于一名战斗机飞行员击落飞机的文章，然后判断飞行员的行为在道德上是对还是错。文章指出，这架飞机被恐怖分子劫持，想要让它坠入附近的体育场，飞行员击落飞机以拯救体育场内的观众。参与者被随机分配阅读文章，或者他们是飞行员（社交距离低）或尽可能客观（社交距离高）。结果表明，基线直觉显着性和社会距离在决定道德判断时相互作用。最后，道德判断预测参与者是否会认定飞行员有罪。在第二项研究中，使用与第一项研究相同的设计，我们确保读者根据社交距离关注困境的不同方面。