@article{ref1,
title="Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2017",
author="Hayakawa, Sayuri and Tannenbaum, David and Costa, Albert and Corey, Joanna D. and Keysar, Boaz",
volume="28",
number="10",
pages="1387-1397",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/0956797617720944",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797617720944"
}