Friday, April 10, 2015

INTERESTING: Men and Women Differ On Whether They'd Have Killed Hitler

If you had a time machine, would you go back and kill Hitler before he could lead the Nazis? Men and women both see the benefits of such an act, but men seem more likely to pull the trigger, The Independentreports.
Researchers came to this conclusion by poring over the answers 6,100 people gave to a range of moral questions that involve committing harm for the greater good, including the Hitler question.
"Women seem to be more likely to have this negative, emotional, gut-level reaction to causing harm to people ... whereas men were less likely to express this strong emotional reaction to harm," says lead author Rebecca Friesdorf. The study, published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, looked at reactions to questions about torture, murder, abortion, lying, and animal research, Eureka Alertreports.
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