I suppose the interesting thing about looking into how people would react in the real world is that some actual ethical systems are attempts to formalize exactl

I suppose the interesting thing about looking into how people would react in the real world is that some actual ethical systems are attempts to formalize exactly that intuition. Virtue ethics, for instance, fit well into the mold of 'the world is very hard, the best way to avoid screwing up is to stick to the script'. Given that the world is, in fact, very hard, it's pretty tempting.