1 INTENTION, TEMPORAL ORDER, AND MORAL JUDGMENTS by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 1 , Ron Mallon 2 , Tom McCoy 3 , and Jay G. Hull 4 Abstract: The traditional philosophical doctrine of double effect claims that agents’ intentions affect whether acts are morally wrong. Our behavioral study reveals that agents’ intentions affect whether acts are judged morally wrong but not whether acts are classified as killings, whereas the temporal order of good and bad effects affects whether acts are classified as killings but not whether acts are judged morally wrong. These findings suggest that the moral judgments are not based on the classifications. Our results also undermine recent claims that prior moral judgments determine whether agents are seen as causing effects intentionally rather than as side effects. (Word count for article: 7492) * Address for correspondence: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Philosophy Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755. Email: wsa@dartmouth.edu 1 Philosophy Department, Dartmouth College 2 Philosophy Department, University of Utah 3 Undergraduate, Dartmouth College 4 Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College