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the reasons for our moral intuitions are evolutionary.

i do not think singer hits on the _deep_ reasons that it seems different to push the stranger off the bridge than to flick the switch - it must be about repuation, etc.

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To deal with such situations, we developed immediate, emotionally based intuitive responses to the infliction of personal violence on others. The thought of pushing the stranger off the footbridge elicits these responses. On the other hand, it is only in the last couple of centuries – not long enough to have any evolutionary significance – that we have been able to harm anyone by throwing a switch that diverts a train. Hence the thought of doing it does not elicit the same emotional response as pushing someone off a bridge.

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Crossing Boundaries with New Media Introductory remarks for the panel on ‘the responsibility of the media’,

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