ABSTRACT
The triple process account of moral cognition is mostly about reflecting on one's own intuitions, and overriding them when necessary. A great feature of triple process moral psychology is that it offers a novel and convincing interpretation of the findings on dumbfounding. At its core, moral dumbfounding is a failure to initiate and/or carry out override of one's moral intuitions, especially when they are backed up by powerful emotions, which make the activation of critical moral thinking particularly difficult. This seems to be a mere reinterpretation of the same finding, but it ends up making a significant difference when it comes to contextualizing the phenomenon of dumbfounding and the role of moral reasoning in moral judgment. The core claim of triple process moral psychology is that competent moral judgment depends on intuitive override, and on the critical thinking dispositions that detect the need for, initiate, monitor, and check such override.
