Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis

Autores
Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano; Alvarez Heduan, Facundo; Garbulsky, Gerry; Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo; Ariely, Dan; Sigman, Mariano
Año de publicación
2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has raised complex moral dilemmas that have been the subject of extensive public debate. Here, we study how people judge a set of controversial actions related to the crisis: relaxing data privacy standards to allow public control of the pandemic, forbidding public gatherings, denouncing a friend who violated COVID-19 protocols, prioritizing younger over older patients when medical resources are scarce, and reducing animal rights to accelerate vaccine development. We collected acceptability judgements in an initial large-scale study with participants from 10 Latin American countries (N = 15 420). A formal analysis of the intrinsic correlations between responses to different dilemmas revealed that judgements were organized in two dimensions: one that reflects a focus on human life expectancy and one that cares about the health of all sentient lives in an equitable manner. These stereotyped patterns of responses were stronger in people who endorsed utilitarian decisions in a standardized scale. A second pre-registered study performed in the USA (N = 1300) confirmed the replicability of these findings. Finally, we show how the prioritization of public health correlated with several contextual, personality and demographic factors. Overall, this research sheds light on the relationship between utilitarian decision-making and moral responses to the COVID-19 crisis.
Fil: Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Alvarez Heduan, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Garbulsky, Gerry. No especifíca;
Fil: Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Ariely, Dan. University of Duke; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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COVID-19
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY
MORALITY
UTILITARIANISM
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spelling Moral Responses to the COVID-19 CrisisNavajas Ahumada, Joaquin MarianoAlvarez Heduan, FacundoGarbulsky, GerryTagliazucchi, Enzo RodolfoAriely, DanSigman, MarianoCOVID-19MORAL PSYCHOLOGYMORALITYUTILITARIANISMhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The COVID-19 pandemic has raised complex moral dilemmas that have been the subject of extensive public debate. Here, we study how people judge a set of controversial actions related to the crisis: relaxing data privacy standards to allow public control of the pandemic, forbidding public gatherings, denouncing a friend who violated COVID-19 protocols, prioritizing younger over older patients when medical resources are scarce, and reducing animal rights to accelerate vaccine development. We collected acceptability judgements in an initial large-scale study with participants from 10 Latin American countries (N = 15 420). A formal analysis of the intrinsic correlations between responses to different dilemmas revealed that judgements were organized in two dimensions: one that reflects a focus on human life expectancy and one that cares about the health of all sentient lives in an equitable manner. These stereotyped patterns of responses were stronger in people who endorsed utilitarian decisions in a standardized scale. A second pre-registered study performed in the USA (N = 1300) confirmed the replicability of these findings. Finally, we show how the prioritization of public health correlated with several contextual, personality and demographic factors. Overall, this research sheds light on the relationship between utilitarian decision-making and moral responses to the COVID-19 crisis.Fil: Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Alvarez Heduan, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Garbulsky, Gerry. No especifíca;Fil: Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Ariely, Dan. University of Duke; Estados UnidosFil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaThe Royal Society2021-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/148852Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano; Alvarez Heduan, Facundo; Garbulsky, Gerry; Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo; Ariely, Dan; et al.; Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis; The Royal Society; Royal Society Open Science; 8; 9; 9-2021; 1-162054-5703CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210096#d1e1726info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1098/rsos.210096info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:11:38Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/148852instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:11:38.427CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
title Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
spellingShingle Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano
COVID-19
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY
MORALITY
UTILITARIANISM
title_short Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
title_fullStr Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
title_sort Moral Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano
Alvarez Heduan, Facundo
Garbulsky, Gerry
Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo
Ariely, Dan
Sigman, Mariano
author Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano
author_facet Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano
Alvarez Heduan, Facundo
Garbulsky, Gerry
Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo
Ariely, Dan
Sigman, Mariano
author_role author
author2 Alvarez Heduan, Facundo
Garbulsky, Gerry
Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo
Ariely, Dan
Sigman, Mariano
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY
MORALITY
UTILITARIANISM
topic COVID-19
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY
MORALITY
UTILITARIANISM
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The COVID-19 pandemic has raised complex moral dilemmas that have been the subject of extensive public debate. Here, we study how people judge a set of controversial actions related to the crisis: relaxing data privacy standards to allow public control of the pandemic, forbidding public gatherings, denouncing a friend who violated COVID-19 protocols, prioritizing younger over older patients when medical resources are scarce, and reducing animal rights to accelerate vaccine development. We collected acceptability judgements in an initial large-scale study with participants from 10 Latin American countries (N = 15 420). A formal analysis of the intrinsic correlations between responses to different dilemmas revealed that judgements were organized in two dimensions: one that reflects a focus on human life expectancy and one that cares about the health of all sentient lives in an equitable manner. These stereotyped patterns of responses were stronger in people who endorsed utilitarian decisions in a standardized scale. A second pre-registered study performed in the USA (N = 1300) confirmed the replicability of these findings. Finally, we show how the prioritization of public health correlated with several contextual, personality and demographic factors. Overall, this research sheds light on the relationship between utilitarian decision-making and moral responses to the COVID-19 crisis.
Fil: Navajas Ahumada, Joaquin Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Alvarez Heduan, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Garbulsky, Gerry. No especifíca;
Fil: Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Ariely, Dan. University of Duke; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description The COVID-19 pandemic has raised complex moral dilemmas that have been the subject of extensive public debate. Here, we study how people judge a set of controversial actions related to the crisis: relaxing data privacy standards to allow public control of the pandemic, forbidding public gatherings, denouncing a friend who violated COVID-19 protocols, prioritizing younger over older patients when medical resources are scarce, and reducing animal rights to accelerate vaccine development. We collected acceptability judgements in an initial large-scale study with participants from 10 Latin American countries (N = 15 420). A formal analysis of the intrinsic correlations between responses to different dilemmas revealed that judgements were organized in two dimensions: one that reflects a focus on human life expectancy and one that cares about the health of all sentient lives in an equitable manner. These stereotyped patterns of responses were stronger in people who endorsed utilitarian decisions in a standardized scale. A second pre-registered study performed in the USA (N = 1300) confirmed the replicability of these findings. Finally, we show how the prioritization of public health correlated with several contextual, personality and demographic factors. Overall, this research sheds light on the relationship between utilitarian decision-making and moral responses to the COVID-19 crisis.
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