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towards a taxonomy of modes of moral decision-making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

elke u. weber
Affiliation:
center for the decision sciences, columbia university, new york, ny 10027 euw2@columbia.edu
jessica s. ancker
Affiliation:
department of sociomedical sciences, mailman school of public health, columbia university, new york, ny 10032 jsa2002@columbia.edu http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/whoswho/full.cfm?id=55663

Abstract

sunstein advocates a more systematic approach to the study of moral decision-making, namely the heuristics-and-biases paradigm. we offer two concerns and suggest that a focus on decision processes can add value. recent research on decision modes suggest that it is useful to distinguish between the qualitative differences in the ways in which moral decisions can be made when they are not made by reflective, consequentialist reasoning.

Type
open peer commentary
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press

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