Extreme circumstances or personal character judgment

Your AI is authorized to make this same choice on your behalf without asking you first. It has exactly the information stated here. Someone behaves badly in an extreme situation where evidence suggests most ordinary people would behave similarly.

• 61% chose: Give substantial weight to the power of the situation. (19 people)
• 39% chose: Judge the behavior primarily as evidence about the person's character. (12 people)

31 decisions from real people on Resonant. Figures refresh every night at midnight (UTC).

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