Exploring framing effect and repetition effect of the persuasive message on moral decision making in conflict of interest

The present study investigated the effect of dilemma type, framing, and number of saved lives on moral decision making. A total of 591 undergraduates, with a mean age of 20.56 (SD = 1.37) were randomly assigned to 12 groups on the basis of a grid of two dilemma types (the trolley problem or the footbridge dilemma) by three frames (positive, neutral, or negative frame) by two different numbers of workers (5 or 15 people). The main effects of dilemma type, frame, and number of saved workers were all significant. The interaction of dilemma type and number of saved workers and the interaction of the three independent factors were significant. Results indicated that moral judgment is affected by framing. Specifically, people were more inclined to utilitarianism in the positive or neutral frame and more inclined to intuitionism in the negative frame. Furthermore, this effect can be moderated by dilemma type and number of saved lives. Implications of our results are discussed.

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The influence of grandparenthood on moral decision making

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e522252014-167 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Breanna Carman

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Moral Decision ◽

Moral Decision Making

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A Signal Detection Model of Moral Decision Making

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e527342012-637 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Jasper Jancik ◽

Dale J. Cohen

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Signal Detection ◽

Moral Decision ◽

Moral Decision Making ◽

Detection Model

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Analyzing the Affective Morality Forgiveness Index: Investigating Moral Decision Making

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e611992009-001 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Jody M. Leach ◽

David M. Cimbora ◽

Megan M. Rogers

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Moral Decision ◽

Moral Decision Making

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Lesser of two evils: The effects of masculine honor beliefs, beliefs in pure good, evil, and the dark triad on moral decision making.

Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology ◽

10.1037/pac0000516 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ashley A. Schiffer ◽

Elizabeth A. Hohn ◽

Donald A. Saucier

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Moral Decision ◽

Moral Decision Making

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Leadership, morality and ethics: Developing a practical model for moral decision-making

10.31231/osf.io/8qby6 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alfred W. Kaszniak ◽

Cynda H. Rushton ◽

Joan Halifax

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Applied Ethics ◽

Moral Decision ◽

Moral Decision Making ◽

Contemplative Science ◽

Practical Model

The present paper is the product of collaboration between a neuroscientist, an ethicist, and a contemplative exploring issues around leadership, morality, and ethics. It is an exploration on how people in roles of responsibility can better understand how to engage in discernment processes with more awareness and a deeper sense of responsibility for others and themselves. It draws upon recent research and scholarship in neuroscience, contemplative science, and applied ethics to develop a practical understanding of how moral decision-making works and is essential in this time when there can seem to be an increasing moral vacuum in leadership.

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Framing Morality: How Antecedent-Focused Strategies Can Shape Moral Judgments

10.31234/osf.io/jmtfy ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Kappes ◽

Jay Joseph Van Bavel

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Moral Philosophy ◽

Moral Dilemmas ◽

Emotional Reactions ◽

Moral Judgments ◽

Moral Decision ◽

Process Dissociation ◽

Moral Decision Making ◽

First Response ◽

High Conflict

From moral philosophy to programming driverless cars, scholars have long been interested in how to shape moral decision-making. We examine how framing can impact moral judgments either by shaping which emotional reactions are evoked in a situation (antecedent-focused) or by changing how people respond to their emotional reactions (response-focused). In three experiments, we manipulated the framing of a moral decision-making task before participants judged a series of moral dilemmas. Participants encouraged to go “with their first” response beforehand favored emotion-driven judgments on high-conflict moral dilemmas. In contrast, participants who were instructed to give a “thoughtful” response beforehand or who did not receive instructions on how to approach the dilemmas favored reason-driven judgments. There was no difference in response-focused control during moral judgements. Process-dissociation confirmed that people instructed to go with their first response had stronger emotion-driven intuitions than other conditions. Our results suggest that task framing can alter moral intuitions.

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