Moral judgments quicker, more extreme than practical ones, but also flexible
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 19:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Judgments we make with a moral underpinning are made more quickly and are more extreme than those same judgments based on practical considerations, a new set of studies finds. However, the findings also show that judgments based on morality can be readily shifted and made with other considerations in mind.