Norms and the Knobe effect
In a justly famous study, Joshua Knobe found an asymmetry in the way we ascribe intentional action (Knobe 2003). Consider an executive who, motivated entirely by the goal of maximizing profit, embarks on a policy that he knows will also cause environmental damage. Does he intentionally harm the envi...
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| description | In a justly famous study, Joshua Knobe found an asymmetry in the way we ascribe intentional action (Knobe 2003). Consider an executive who, motivated entirely by the goal of maximizing profit, embarks on a policy that he knows will also cause environmental damage. Does he intentionally harm the environment? Most people hold that he does. In contrast, when considering an otherwise identical case in which the side effects would be beneficial to the environment, most people hold that the executive does not intentionally help the environment. A number of follow-up studies have found that the finding is robust, that it applies to children as young as four, and that it occurs in other languages and cultures (Knobe 2006). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/619932022-10-01T04:11:43Z Norms and the Knobe effect Holton, Richard Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Holton, Richard Holton, Richard In a justly famous study, Joshua Knobe found an asymmetry in the way we ascribe intentional action (Knobe 2003). Consider an executive who, motivated entirely by the goal of maximizing profit, embarks on a policy that he knows will also cause environmental damage. Does he intentionally harm the environment? Most people hold that he does. In contrast, when considering an otherwise identical case in which the side effects would be beneficial to the environment, most people hold that the executive does not intentionally help the environment. A number of follow-up studies have found that the finding is robust, that it applies to children as young as four, and that it occurs in other languages and cultures (Knobe 2006). 2011-03-30T15:00:45Z 2011-03-30T15:00:45Z 2010-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1467-8284 0003-2638 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61993 Holton, Richard. “Norms and the Knobe Effect.” Analysis 70.3 (2010) : 417 -424. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8116-2639 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/analys/anq037 Analysis Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf Oxford University Press MIT web domain |
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