Leo has a strong "gut feeling" about what is morally right and wrong in a particular situation but is unable to justify those feelings with higher-order reasoning.This phenomenon is referred to as:

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Moral dumbfounding refers to the experience of being unable to justify one's moral intuitions with reasoning, and this is precisely what Leo is experiencing in this scenario. Moral confounding typically refers to situations where different moral principles appear to conflict, while moral dilemmas refer to situations where each available option entails violating one or more moral principles. Moral intuition, while related to the experience of moral dumbfounding, generally refers to the immediate, automatic, and non-conscious capacity to recognize morally relevant features of a situation.

Leo Has a Strong "Gut Feeling" About What Is Morally