If You’re Going to Do Wrong, At Least Do It Right: Considering Two Moral Dilemmas at the Same Time Promotes Moral Consistency

What is it about?

We study the decisions people make when they face moral conflict and the conditions under which they reverse their preferences and choose to act or do nothing. Based on our findings, we offer insight on how to construct better environments for moral decision-making.

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Why is it important?

Some of our hardest decisions involve a trade-off between values, interests, or norms that we value deeply. It is therefore troubling to see how basic moral problems typically yield inconsistent judgments. We study this inconsistency using insights from decision sciences. Our results offer ways to construct more consistent moral judgments.