When Presented with the Moral Dilemma of Whether to Physically

question 12

Multiple Choice

When presented with the moral dilemma of whether to physically push Person A onto a trolley track to stop a trolley car from killing 5 other people, individuals with damage to the ____________ will choose to push Person A and stop the trolley, demonstrating no moral dilemma with this choice.

• A) ventromedial prefrontal cortex
• B) amygdala
• C) subgenual anterior cingulate cortex
• D) orbitofrontal cortex
• E) prefrontal cortex

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