Killing one person in order to save five by throwing a switch that diverts a runaway trolley is judged as more morally acceptable than killing one person in order to save five by pushing a stranger directly into the path of the oncoming trolley. This best illustrates that moral judgments may reflect

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The scenario described is a classic example in moral psychology research and shows that people's moral judgments can often be influenced by their immediate emotional reactions (such as feeling a sense of horror at directly pushing someone to their death). This suggests that gut-level intuitions play an important role in moral decision-making. The other options (post conventional reasoning, stranger anxiety, formal operational thought) do not adequately explain why people make different moral judgments in these scenarios.

Killing One Person in Order to Save Five by Throwing