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Published online 14 September 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010920-1
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Heart joins head in moral maze
People may rely on emotion as much as reason deciding moral dilemmas.
If five people are trapped on a railway track and a train is approaching, is it morally right to divert the train onto another track where there is only one person? Most people would say yes. Would it be right to push a person onto the track to prevent the train from hitting the other five? This time, most people would say no.
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