ABSTRACT
I review some issues in experimental research on the conflict between utilitarian and deontological (rule-based) responses to moral dilemmas, particularly those in which a harm or a violation of a rule leads to the greater good. I discuss the roles of causality, two systems of reasoning, and individual differences. I suggest that individual differences do not lie so much in the cognitive process that occur in the experiment itself but rather in those processes that occur outside of it, such as the development of moral judgment, as affected by culture, experience, and individual reflection.
