http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterised by persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviours. A new study reveals that sufferers worry considerably more than the general population in the face of morality problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-brain-ocd-moral-dilemma.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:04:25 EST news271602250 Imagine a runaway boxcar heading toward five people who can't escape its path. Now imagine you had the power to reroute the boxcar onto different tracks with only one person along that route. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-moral-dilemma-person.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:10:01 EST news241964249 A study conducted by Daniel Bartels, Columbia Business School, Marketing, and David Pizarro, Cornell University, Psychology found that people who endorse actions consistent with an ethic of utilitarianism—the view that what is the morally right thing to do is whatever produces the best overall consequences—tend to possess psychopathic and Machiavellian personality traits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-antisocial-personality-traits-utilitarian-responses.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:08:43 EST news236606849