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Effects of personal perspective on an individuals’ moral intuition

Hassellöf Olsson, Petra LU and Molavi, Sara LU (2024) PSYK11 20232
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
Can we manipulate how morally permissible or unjustifiable someone finds a
certain action by framing a dilemma in either a first- or third-person
perspective? This online study aims to investigate this question through a
between-group study. 42 participants, recruited through social media, on
campus, and through snowballing, were divided into two groups and asked to
rank nine different moral actions from fully morally permissible to fully morally
unjustifiable, the only difference between the groups being the personal
perspective framing. Although the analysis showed a small difference, where
the first-person perspective group is on average slightly more restrictive in
deeming an action morally permissible, the result is... (More)
Can we manipulate how morally permissible or unjustifiable someone finds a
certain action by framing a dilemma in either a first- or third-person
perspective? This online study aims to investigate this question through a
between-group study. 42 participants, recruited through social media, on
campus, and through snowballing, were divided into two groups and asked to
rank nine different moral actions from fully morally permissible to fully morally
unjustifiable, the only difference between the groups being the personal
perspective framing. Although the analysis showed a small difference, where
the first-person perspective group is on average slightly more restrictive in
deeming an action morally permissible, the result is insignificant. We speculate
that this is due to this study's shortcoming in isolating the intuitive part of the
participants’ moral judgment. (Less)
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author
Hassellöf Olsson, Petra LU and Molavi, Sara LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYK11 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Moral cognition, moral intuition, personal perspective framing
language
English
id
9145977
date added to LUP
2024-01-25 11:53:54
date last changed
2024-01-25 11:53:54
@misc{9145977,
  abstract     = {{Can we manipulate how morally permissible or unjustifiable someone finds a 
certain action by framing a dilemma in either a first- or third-person 
perspective? This online study aims to investigate this question through a 
between-group study. 42 participants, recruited through social media, on 
campus, and through snowballing, were divided into two groups and asked to 
rank nine different moral actions from fully morally permissible to fully morally 
unjustifiable, the only difference between the groups being the personal 
perspective framing. Although the analysis showed a small difference, where 
the first-person perspective group is on average slightly more restrictive in 
deeming an action morally permissible, the result is insignificant. We speculate 
that this is due to this study's shortcoming in isolating the intuitive part of the 
participants’ moral judgment.}},
  author       = {{Hassellöf Olsson, Petra and Molavi, Sara}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Effects of personal perspective on an individuals’ moral intuition}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}