Obeying orders dulls our sense of moral responsibility, brain scans reveal

by PaulHouleon 6/27/25, 8:32 PMwith 5 comments
by kazinatoron 6/27/25, 9:02 PM

I suspect that is because people's moral responsibility has a large component of "who is on the hook for this". Nothing stirs moral sensibility better than being solely responsible and easily identified.

Those whose moral sense is dulled when they follow orders arguably don't actually have a genuine sense of moral responsibility beyond evading blame.