The Role of Self-Sacrifice in Moral Dilemmas.

Centuries' worth of cultural stories suggest that self-sacrifice may be a cornerstone of our moral concepts, yet this notion is largely absent from recent theories in moral psychology. For instance, in the footbridge version of the well-known trolley car problem the only way to save five people...

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Main Authors: Sonya Sachdeva, Rumen Iliev, Hamed Ekhtiari, Morteza Dehghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127409