The Preference for Indirect Harm

By Edward B. Royzman, J. Baron. 2002

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, General Health Professions

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The psychology of moral reasoning (2008, background): “An alternative explanation is that what matters is whether an action directly causes harm as in the second case, or only indirectly causes harm as in the first case ( Royzman & Baron, 2002 ); and there are still other possibilities such as the nature of the intervention in the causal sequence (Waldm”
Cognitive load selectively interferes with utilitarian moral judgment. (2008, background): “Other distinctions may be operative here as well (Greene et al., submitted for publication; Royzman & Baron, 2002; Waldmann & Dieterich, 2007).”
Dual-process morality and the personal/impersonal distinction: A reply to McGuire, Langdon, Coltheart, and Mackenzie (2009, background): “…Van Horn, Grafton, & Sinnott-Armstrong, 2006), because it involves an intervention on the victim (Waldmann & Dieterich, 2007), because it’s more direct (Royzman & Baron, 2002), because it involves physical contact (Cushman et al., 2006), because it involves a combination of “personal force” and…”
The Costs and Benefits of Calculation and Moral Rules (2010, unknown): “…& Hauser, 2006; Fiddick et al., 2005; Greene, Morelli, Lowenberg, Nystrom, & Cohen, 2008; Greene, Nystrom, Engell, Darley, & Cohen, 2004; Greene et al., 2001; Hauser et al., 2007; Mikhail, 2007; Moore, Clark, & Kane, 2008; Nichols & Mallon, 2006; Royzman & Baron, 2002; Waldmann & Dieterich, 2007).”
A Dissociation Between Moral Judgments and Justifications (2007, background): “The principle of the double effect has received some attention in the psychological literature ( Mikhail et al. , 1998; Royzman and Baron, 2002 ), but neither with as diverse a subject population nor with a within-subjects analysis of justifi cations for judgments provided in controlled scenario…”
Intermediation Reduces Punishment (and Reward) (2011, unknown): “Subjects also claim they would be more willing to undertake actions whose bad outcomes are side effects rather than means to an end (Royzman & Baron 2002).”
The Role of Conscious Reasoning and Intuition in Moral Judgment (2006, background): “The intention principle, often identified as the doctrine of the double effect, has received intense scrutiny by philosophers (Foot, 1967; Nagel, 1986), but markedly less by psychologists (but see Mikhail, 2002; Royzman & Baron, 2002 ).”