Laboratory games reveal that people's desire to punish wrongdoing is driven mostly by automatic emotional reactions rather than by deliberate conscious calculations that punishment will deter crime.This most clearly supports the ________ perspective on morality.

A) psychosocial
B) intuitionist
C) postconventional
D) concrete operational

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Shelby Sanfelippo · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The intuitionist perspective on morality suggests that moral judgments are primarily driven by intuitive or emotional reactions rather than deliberate reasoning. The laboratory games described in the question provide evidence that people's desire to punish wrongdoing is based on automatic emotional reactions, which aligns with the intuitionist perspective. The other answer choices (psychosocial, postconventional, concrete operational) are not directly related to the issue of whether moral judgments are primarily based on automatic emotional reactions or deliberate conscious calculations.

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