The Effects of Intent, Outcome, and Causality on Moral Judgments and Decision Processes.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, moral judgments and their underlying decision processes have more frequently been considered from a dynamic and multi-factorial perspective rather than a binary approach (e.g., dual-system processes). The agent's intent and his or her causal role in the outcome-as well as the outcome importance-are key psychological factors that influence moral decisions, especially judgments of punishment. The current research aimed to study the influence of intent, outcome, and causality variations on moral decisions, and to identify their interaction during the decision process by embedding the moral scenarios within an adapted mouse-tracking paradigm. Findings of the preregistered study (final n = 80) revealed main effects for intent, outcome, and causality on judgments of

SUBMITTER: Gaboriaud A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9266851 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature