Blind ethics: Closing one's eyes polarizes moral judgments and discourages dishonest behavior

Cognition

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-285

  Caruso, Eugene M ^a   Gino, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed eyes; Emotions; Ethics; Judgment; Mental simulation; Morality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLINDNESS; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MORALS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651094405     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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