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Morals, beliefs, and counterfactuals

Luca Surian
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Michael Siegal
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Abstract

We have found that moral considerations interact with belief ascription in determining intentionality judgment. We attribute this finding to a differential availability of plausible counterfactual alternatives that undo the negative side-effect of an action. We conclude that Knobe's thesis does not account for processes by which counterfactuals are generated and how these processes affect moral evaluations.

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Psychology

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hal-01440466 , version 1 (19-01-2017)

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Vittorio Girotto, Luca Surian, Michael Siegal. Morals, beliefs, and counterfactuals. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2010, 33 (4), pp.337+. ⟨10.1017/S0140525X10001743⟩. ⟨hal-01440466⟩

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