At the Heart of Morality Lies Folk Psychology

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Is climate change an ethical issue? Examining young adults’ beliefs about climate and morality (2012, background): “For example, research shows that actors who intentionally perform harmful acts are considered more blameworthy and punishable than are actors who unintentionally bring about the same consequences (Guglielmo et al. 2009).”
Climate change and moral judgement (2012, unknown): “Studies suggest that unintentionally caused harms are judged less harshly than equally severe but intentionally caused ones 21 .”
From Uncaused Will to Conscious Choice: The Need to Study, Not Speculate About People’s Folk Concept of Free Will (2010, background): “If we assume that people are unlikely to give up their notion of moral responsibility (because it is itself based on the central notion of choice; Guglielmo et al. 2009), then compatibilists would find a way to accept determinism whereas incompatibilists would reject the deterministic challenge.”