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Interestingly, we also did not observe gender differences in our surveys, which, on the one hand, is not uncommon for hypothetical moral dilemmas [ 43], but, on the other hand, is in sharp contrast to early moral reasoning research [ 42] and current abstract moral decision-making studies [ 7, 38– 41]. This inconsistent result could potentially be explained by the fact that our new EMCS Scale measures altruistic and egoistic response tendencies, which are behavioral measures that rather reflect outcomes of morality, but not moral attitudes itself [ 43]. Altogether, in combination with the social closeness results, our data therefore point to the idea that everyday moral decision-making with altruistic versus egoistic response options seems to be quite a different construct than abstract moral decision-making with utilitarian versus deontological response alternatives. Scruples, the game of everyday moral dilemmas was invented in 1984 in Winnipeg, Canada. After being featured on the Johnny Carson show, it went on to sell eight million copies in six languages.

With regard to research in laboratory settings, several scholars (e.g., [ 16, 22, 23]) recently developed everyday moral dilemmas. Everyday moral dilemmas are short vignettes describing hypothetical everyday life situations. The vignettes require decisions between the fulfilment of a moral standard or social obligation towards another person versus a personal-oriented hedonistic behavior that would explicitly not cause serious bodily harm or legal consequences [ 16]. The given response alternatives are typically altruistic (e.g., helping an old woman who is in distress) versus egoistic (e.g., catching the waiting bus home; see [ 23] or [ 24] for further examples). Kahane G, Everett JA, Earp BD, Farias M, Savulescu J. 'Utilitarian' judgments in sacrificial moral dilemmas do not reflect impartial concern for the greater good. Cognition. 2015; 134: 193–209. 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.10.005 Find out who’s the goody-two-shoes and whose antics deserve a time-out in this hilarious family-friendly game of “Most likely to”! Friesdorf R, Conway P, Gawronski B. Gender differences in responses to moral dilemmas: a process dissociation analysis. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2015; 41: 696–713. 10.1177/0146167215575731 BuzzFeed Tasty Search, watch, and cook every single Tasty recipe and video ever - all in one place!

Non-reciprocal altruism may be attributable to hyperbolicity in social discounting function. Med Hypotheses. 2007; 68: 184–187. 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.05.057 BuzzFeed Bring Me Obsessed with travel? Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with Bring Me! With regard to the test and measurement properties, our results showed that both the EMCS Scale and its two subsets A and B fitted the Rasch model, which implied that there was one underlying latent trait variable. Furthermore, the classical test theory fit index Cronbach’s alpha indicated reasonable internal consistencies for the total EMCS Scale as well as the two item sets A and B (0.60 ≤ α≥ 0.84). Even the fragmentation into four parts still resulted in a sufficient estimation by the Rasch model, although Cronbach’s alpha results spoke against an uncoupled use of only these 10-items parts. Thus, both the complete EMCS Scale and its two parallelized subsets A and B can be utilized as valid measures for decision-making in everyday moral conflict situations. In the final version, the items 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 20 (socially close protagonists) and 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40 (socially distant protagonists) were assigned to set A; the items 1, 3, 4, 6, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 (socially close protagonists) and 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36 (socially distant protagonists) became part of set B (see last column in S1 Table).

Singer N, Sommer M, Döhnel K, Zänkert S, Wüst S, Kudielka BM. Acute psychosocial stress and everyday moral decision-making in young healthy men: the impact of cortisol. Horm Behav. 2017; 93: 72–81. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.05.002 Greene JD, Sommerville RB, Nystrom LE, Darley JM, Cohen JD. An fMRI investigation of emotional engagement in moral judgment. Science. 2001; 293: 2105–2108. 10.1126/science.1062872 S2 Table shows the item statistics and results of Rasch model analyses on single item basis for the final 40 items of the EMCS Scale. Based on this data set ( n = 150), we developed the two parallelized item sets for future use in within-subjects design studies and assessed the test and measurement properties of the EMCS Scale.S2 File: SPSS data of Studies 1 and 3. Based on this data set ( n = 150), we developed the two parallelized item sets for future use in within-subjects design studies and assessed the test and measurement properties of the EMCS Scale. The game was conceived when the inventor was researching an article about baby boomer morality. He gave a questionnaire to a group of friends who spent the whole evening discussing the questions. It was so much fun, someone said, “This ought to be a game.” And the rest is history. The player with the fewest nominations at the end of the game is the winner and can claim their title as the best-behaved of the bunch. Margittai Z, van Wingerden M, Schnitzler A, Joёls M, Kalenscher T. Dissociable roles of glucocorticoid and noradrenergic activation on social discounting. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018; 90: 22–28. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.01.015 Supplementary analysis: Influence of the actual existence of socially close protagonists in the lives of participants