When Haidt pointed out to his subjects that the reasons they had offered did not apply to the case, they often responded: “I can’t explain it, I just know it’s wrong.” Haidt refers to this as “moral dumbfounding.”
当海特向受试者指出他们的理由在本案中根本不适用，他们往往会回答：“我不知该怎么解释，我只知道这样做不对。”海特将这称为“道德错愕”。