APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Meritocracy and Moral Decisions Towards Low Status Groups
- Rui Costa-Lopes
ICS - University of Lisbon - Wilson Moreira
University of Lisbon - FP
Abstract
We present two experimental studies that show the impact of meritocracy on moral decisions involving low status groups. When the norm of meritocracy is made salient, participants consider the sacrifice of low status group members to be a more acceptable decision within the trolley dilemma.
Judgment and Decision Making
