| Project/Area Number |
20530349
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGASE Katsuhiko Tokyo Metropolitan University, 社会科学研究科, 教授 (70237519)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | 経営管理 / 意思決定 / 実験 / 進化論 / 撤退 / 集団 / 事業撤退 |
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| Research Abstract |
The trolley problem describes a kind of moral dilemma. Participants are asked if it is morally permissible to divert the trolley away from five people but towards one person. A utilitarian view asserts that it is obligatory to divert the trolley, but some participants cannot accept it on a gut level. It is not clear yet what kinds of factors are related with the gut feeling. Participants' attitudes toward the trolley problem have little variation across differences in gender, age, educational level, ethnicity, religion or national affiliation (Hauser et al., 2007). Neuroscience research demonstrates that focal bilateral damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC) increases utilitarian moral judgments (Koenigs et al., 2007). This study investigated the relationship between participants' attitudes toward the problem and their personality. It is suggested that the levels of locus of control, self-enclosure/human distrust, and cognitive reflection have weak positive correlations with the level of utilitarianism.
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