Instructions: For this homework assignment, you are going to read a recent paper that found that hypothetical decision making in a trolley dilemma did not match actual decision making in a trolley dilemma. Please upload your homework to Canvas by 11:59pm on Sunday.
Read this paper by Bostyn, Sevenhant, & Roets (2018). Write a short paragraph summarizing their findings.
Choose ONE of the following critiques of the Bostyn et al. (2018) paper. Write 1-2 sentences summarizing their argument.
Overlooked Evidence and a Misunderstanding of What Trolley Dilemmas Do Best Plunkett & Greene (2019)
What Is the Right Question for Moral Psychology to Answer? Białek, Turpin, & Fugelsang (2019)
Comparing Hypothetical and Real-Life Trolley Problems Colman, Gold, & Pulford (2019)
Comparing the Effects of Hypothetical Moral Preferences on Real-Life and Hypothetical Behavior Evans & Brandt (2019)
Read the section in this follow up paper by Bostyn and Roets (2019) that addresses the commentary that you read. Write 1-2 sentences summarizing Bostyn and Roets’s rebuttal.
Finally, answer the following questions:
What were your initial thoughts on the Bostyn, Sevenhant, & Roets (2018) paper? Were you surprised by their findings? Do you think that hypothetical moral dilemmas are pointless to study if they cannot strongly predict actual behavior?
Do you agree or disagree with the criticism posed in the commentary? Why or why not?
Do you think that the follow up Bostyn & Roets (2019) adequately addressed the criticism? Why or why not?