The drunk utilitarian: Blood alcohol concentration predicts utilitarian responses in moral dilemmas

Cognition

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-127

  Duke, Aaron A ^a,b   Bègue, Laurent ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Dual process model; Ethanol; Moral dilemma; Moral judgment; Utilitarian

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORALITY; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; UTILITARIAN; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHICAL THEORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908345667     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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