https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/09/29/inside-the-cold-calculating-libertarian-mind/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 10:03:08 -0400<![CDATA[Perhaps more intriguingly, when libertarians reacted to moral dilemmas and in other tests, they displayed less emotion, less empathy and less disgust than either conservatives or liberals. They appeared to use &#8220;cold&#8221; calculation to reach utilitarian conclusions about whether (for instance) to save lives by sacrificing fewer lives. They reached correct, rather than intuitive, answers to math and logic problems, and they enjoyed &#8220;effortful and thoughtful cognitive tasks&#8221; more than others do.]]>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 21:45:14 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/09/29/inside-the-cold-calculating-libertarian-mind-n96197