Does telling white lies signal pro-social preferences?

The opportunity to tell a white lie (i.e., a lie that benefits another person) generates a moral conflict between two opposite moral dictates, one pushing towards telling the truth always and the other pushing towards helping others. Here we study how people resolve this moral conflict. What does te...

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Main Authors: Laura Biziou-van-Pol, Jana Haenen, Arianna Novaro, Andrés Occhipinti, Valerio Capraro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2015-11-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15612/jdm15612.pdf