Are thoughtful people more utilitarian? CRT as a unique predictor of moral minimalism in the dilemmatic context

Cognitive Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 325-352

  Royzman, Edward B ^a   Landy, Justin F ^a   Leeman, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Reflection Test; Deontology; Moral dilemma; Morality; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924755353     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: 15516709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12136     Document Type: Article

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