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2025-06-03 09:25 UTC
We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis combining findings of 731 unique effects (nested in 139 studies) on the effects of cognitive processing modes (intuitive vs. deliberate) on judgments (deontological vs. utilitarian) in moral dilemmas. Overall, we found a significant but small effect indicating intuitive deontology (OR = 1.18, 95% CI: [1.10, 1.26]; p < .0001).
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@rmrahal@nerdculture.de 2025-06-03 09:25
But at the same time we cannot rule out that the effect could in fact be spurious or could even go in the opposite direction. There was substantial effect heterogeneity: Some types of manipulations and types of moral dilemmas produced bigger effects than others (e.g., foreign language effect, dilemmas with personal force and instrumentality, explicit instructions to judge intuitively vs. deliberately).