Time twists morality
Moral judgments may be time sensitive. In experiments conducted by psychologists Renata Suter and Ralph Hertwig, both of the University of Basel in Switzerland, volunteers less often said that they would kill one person in order to save the lives of many others if the decision had to be made quickly, as opposed to after deliberation.
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