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Calculative mindsets linked to greater willingness to bend moral rules

In new research in the PsyCh Journal, people who tended to analyze experiences as mathematical cost-benefit problems were more likely to ignore moral rules. This tendency was associated with a greater willingness to make ethical compromises for money or status, as well as to accept immoral help when it benefited them.

Calculative mindsets linked to greater willingness to bend moral rules

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