This Isn’t the Free Will Worth Looking For
@article{Monroe2017ThisIT, title={This Isn’t the Free Will Worth Looking For}, author={A. Monroe and Garrett L. Brady and B. Malle}, journal={Social Psychological and Personality Science}, year={2017}, volume={8}, pages={191 - 199} }
According to previous research, threatening people’s belief in free will may undermine moral judgments and behavior. Four studies tested this claim. Study 1 used a Velten technique to threaten people’s belief in free will and found no effects on moral behavior, judgments of blame, and punishment decisions. Study 2 used six different threats to free will and failed to find effects on judgments of blame and wrongness. Study 3 found no effects on moral judgment when manipulating general free will… CONTINUE READING
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