Harm to others outweighs harm to self in moral decision making.
Concern for the suffering of others is central to moral decision making. How humans evaluate others' suffering, relative to their own suffering, is unknown. We investigated this question by inviting subjects to trade off profits for themselves against pain experienced either by themselves or an...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2014
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