TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Age-related differences in moral judgment: the role of probability judgments
JO  - Cognitive science
A1  - Margoni, Francesco
A1  - Geipel, Janet
A1  - Hadjichristidis, Constantinos
A1  - Bakiaj, Richard
A1  - Surian, Luca
SP  - e13345
EP  - e13345
VL  - 47
IS  - 9
N2  - Research suggests that moral evaluations change during adulthood. Older adults (75+) tend to judge accidentally harmful acts more severely than younger adults do, and this age-related difference is in part due to the greater negligence older adults attribute to the accidental harmdoers. Across two studies (N = 254), we find support for this claim and report the novel discovery that older adults' increased attribution of negligence, in turn, is associated with a higher perceived likelihood that the accident would occur. We propose that, because older adults perceive accidents as more likely than younger adults do, they condemn the agents and their actions more and even infer that the agents' omission to exercise due care is intentional. These findings refine our understanding of the cognitive processes underpinning moral judgment in older adulthood and highlight the role of subjective probability judgments in negligence attribution.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0364-0213
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13345
ID  - ref1
ER  -