Veil-of-ignorance reasoning favors the greater good.
decision making
ethics
fairness
policy making
procedural justice
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 1091-6490
Titre abrégé: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505876
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 11 2019
26 11 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
14
11
2019
medline:
23
4
2020
entrez:
14
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The "veil of ignorance" is a moral reasoning device designed to promote impartial decision making by denying decision makers access to potentially biasing information about who will benefit most or least from the available options. Veil-of-ignorance reasoning was originally applied by philosophers and economists to foundational questions concerning the overall organization of society. Here, we apply veil-of-ignorance reasoning in a more focused way to specific moral dilemmas, all of which involve a tension between the greater good and competing moral concerns. Across 7 experiments (
Identifiants
pubmed: 31719198
pii: 1910125116
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1910125116
pmc: PMC6883824
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
23989-23995Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interest.
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