Using one’s own bodily strength made killing someone less morally acceptable , according to 600 students, than dropping the person through a trap door in front of a train in order to save five others, J. Green and team reported.
“Put simply, something special happens when intention and personal force co-occur,” the researchers said.
I wonder how to relate such moral relativism to students considering use of cell phones, etc. as acceptable, not cheating, ways to complete course papers and examinations. Are these positions consequences of school communitarianism curricula?