Moral dilemmas resolution tasks are a common method to evaluate moral judgment processes. Cultural variables are known to influence these processes. However, performance from different populations has not been directly compared to systematically explore these possible influences. For this purpose, we directly compared the resolution of high and low conflict moral dilemmas in students from two different countries, Spain and México. Each dilemma allowed four possible resolutions, distributed in a continuum from non-utilitarian responses to utilitarian responses: the proposed solution is definitely not acceptable (DNA), it is not acceptable (NA), it is acceptable (A), and it is definitely acceptable (DA). The results indicate that both samples tend to resolve the low conflict moral dilemmas by DNA (nonutilitarian) responses, with a non-significantly higher number of DNA responses in the Mexican group. Regarding high conflict moral dilemmas, the number of non-utilitarian responses (DNA) was significantly higher in the Mexican group, and there was a significantly higher number of utilitarian responses (A) in the Spanish group. These findings suggest that cultural and social differences may influence moral judgments, particularly in relation to nonutilitarian responses in high moral conflicts (Mexican sample) and utilitarian resolutions of high conflict situations (Spanish sample).
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