Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment

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• dc.contributor.author Hayakawa, Sayurica
• dc.contributor.author Tannenbaum, Davidca
• dc.contributor.author Costa, Albert, 1970-ca
• dc.contributor.author Corey, Joanna Darrow, 1986-ca
• dc.contributor.author Keysar, Boazca
• dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-26T08:32:47Z
• dc.date.available 2018-07-26T08:32:47Z
• dc.date.issued 2017
• dc.description.abstract Would you kill one person to save five? People are more willing to accept such utilitarian action when using a foreign language than when using their native language. In six experiments, we investigated why foreign-language use affects moral choice in this way. On the one hand, the difficulty of using a foreign language might slow people down and increase deliberation, amplifying utilitarian considerations of maximizing welfare. On the other hand, use of a foreign language might stunt emotional processing, attenuating considerations of deontological rules, such as the prohibition against killing. Using a process-dissociation technique, we found that foreign-language use decreases deontological responding but does not increase utilitarian responding. This suggests that using a foreign language affects moral choice not through increased deliberation but by blunting emotional reactions associated with the violation of deontological rules.
• dc.description.sponsorship This project was supported by grants from the John Templeton Foundation (37775), the National Science Foundation (1520074), the Spanish Government (PSI2011-23033, Consolider Ingenio 2010 CSD2007-00048), the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PSI2014-52181-P), the Catalan Government (SGR 2009-1521), and the European Research Council under the European Community’s Seventh Framework (FP7/2007-2013 Cooperation Grant Agreement 613465-AThEME). J. D. Corey was supported by a grant from the Catalan Government (FI-DGR). S. Hayakawa was supported by a Harper Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Chicago.
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• dc.identifier.citation Hayakawa S, Tannenbaum D, Costa A, Corey JD, Keysar B. Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment. Psychol Sci. 2017;28(10): 1387-97. DOI: 10.1177/0956797617720944
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797617720944
• dc.identifier.issn 0956-7976
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35286
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publicationsca
• dc.relation.ispartof Psychological Science. 2017;28(10): 1387-97.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/613465
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/PSI2011-23033
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/PSI2014-52181-P
• dc.rights The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Psychological Science, 28/10, October/2017 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2017
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• dc.subject.keyword Moral judgment
• dc.subject.keyword Foreign language
• dc.subject.keyword Process dissociation
• dc.subject.keyword Dual process
• dc.subject.keyword Open data
• dc.subject.keyword Open materials
• dc.title Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgmentca
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