Moral, intention, probability, and causality: a construction of psychological model for moral judgment in terms of uncertainty and causal structure

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380853
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Seijo University
• Principal Investigator: Nakamura Kuninori 成城大学, 社会イノベーション学部, 教授 (40572889)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 道徳的判断 / 意図性判断 / 確率 / 因果構造

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To construct a psychological model for moral judgment, this project performed experimental investigations manipulating intentionality, causal structurem and uncertainty. Results of the experimental investigations demonstrated the following two points: (1) probabilities of ouctomes affect intentionality judgments, and (2) causal structures also affect intentionality judgments.

Free Research Field

意思決定，思考，推論