Table 2.

Victim characteristics of vignettes ranked according to % utilitarian decisions.

Vignette	% Utilitarian	Victim
Hard times	3	Child
Transplant	5	Patient
Smother for dollars	8	Patient
Footbridge	15	Fat man
Modified safari	28	Fellow hostage
Sacrifice	28	Child
Fumes w/friends	36	Injured friend
Vitamins	38	Patient
Crying baby	40	Child
Sophie’s choice	41	Child
Cancer toddler	52	Child
Standard fumes	62	Injured innocent
Donation	67	n/a
Modified lifeboat	67	Fellow passenger
Lawrence of Arabia	68	Combatants
Vaccine test	68	Patients
Vaccine policy	75	n/a
Standard trolley	80	Workman
Submarine	80	Soldier
Modified bomb	85	Terrorist’s son