The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases

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Báez, Sandra; Patiño Sáenz, Michel; Martínez Cotrina, Jorge; Aponte, Diego Mauricio; Caicedo, Juan Carlos; Santamaría García, Hernando; Pastor, Daniel Alberto; González Gadea, María Luz; Haissiner, Martín David; García, Adolfo Martín; Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
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2020
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Traditional and mainstream legal frameworks conceive law primarily as a purely rational practice, free from affect or intuition. However, substantial evidence indicates that human decision-making depends upon diverse biases. We explored the manifestation of these biases through comparisons among 45 criminal judges, 60 criminal attorneys, and 64 controls. We examined whether these groups’ decision-making patterns were influenced by (a) the information on the transgressor’s mental state, (b) the use of gruesome language in harm descriptions, and (c) ongoing physiological states. Judges and attorneys were similar to controls in that they overestimated the damage caused by intentional harm relative to accidental harm. However, judges and attorneys were less biased towards punishments and harm severity ratings to accidental harms. Similarly, they were less influenced in their decisions by either language manipulations or physiological arousal. Our findings suggest that specific expertise developed in legal settings can attenuate some pervasive biases in moral decision processes.
Fil: Báez, Sandra. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela
Fil: Patiño Sáenz, Michel. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia
Fil: Martínez Cotrina, Jorge. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; Colombia
Fil: Aponte, Diego Mauricio. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; Colombia
Fil: Caicedo, Juan Carlos. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; Colombia
Fil: Santamaría García, Hernando. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia
Fil: Pastor, Daniel Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: González Gadea, María Luz. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Haissiner, Martín David. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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JUDGES
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spelling The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biasesBáez, SandraPatiño Sáenz, MichelMartínez Cotrina, JorgeAponte, Diego MauricioCaicedo, Juan CarlosSantamaría García, HernandoPastor, Daniel AlbertoGonzález Gadea, María LuzHaissiner, Martín DavidGarcía, Adolfo MartínIbañez, Agustin MarianoMORAL COGNITIONLEGAL EXPERTISEJUDGEShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Traditional and mainstream legal frameworks conceive law primarily as a purely rational practice, free from affect or intuition. However, substantial evidence indicates that human decision-making depends upon diverse biases. We explored the manifestation of these biases through comparisons among 45 criminal judges, 60 criminal attorneys, and 64 controls. We examined whether these groups’ decision-making patterns were influenced by (a) the information on the transgressor’s mental state, (b) the use of gruesome language in harm descriptions, and (c) ongoing physiological states. Judges and attorneys were similar to controls in that they overestimated the damage caused by intentional harm relative to accidental harm. However, judges and attorneys were less biased towards punishments and harm severity ratings to accidental harms. Similarly, they were less influenced in their decisions by either language manipulations or physiological arousal. Our findings suggest that specific expertise developed in legal settings can attenuate some pervasive biases in moral decision processes.Fil: Báez, Sandra. Universidad de Los Andes; VenezuelaFil: Patiño Sáenz, Michel. Universidad de los Andes; ColombiaFil: Martínez Cotrina, Jorge. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; ColombiaFil: Aponte, Diego Mauricio. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; ColombiaFil: Caicedo, Juan Carlos. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; ColombiaFil: Santamaría García, Hernando. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; ColombiaFil: Pastor, Daniel Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; ArgentinaFil: González Gadea, María Luz. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Haissiner, Martín David. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; ArgentinaFil: García, Adolfo Martín. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaSpringer2020-09-23info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/170611Báez, Sandra; Patiño Sáenz, Michel; Martínez Cotrina, Jorge; Aponte, Diego Mauricio; Caicedo, Juan Carlos; et al.; The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases; Springer; Humanities and Social Sciences Communications; 7; 1; 23-9-2020; 1-122662-9992CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-00595-8?fbclid=IwAR3WcAwEh9wWXWBmTONIvR963nKeSp2D9xZI2jQTIg6Fx8nwkRfZTIoDbywinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1057/s41599-020-00595-8info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:58:29Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/170611instacron: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 09:58:29.514CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
title The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
spellingShingle The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
Báez, Sandra
MORAL COGNITION
LEGAL EXPERTISE
JUDGES
title_short The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
title_full The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
title_fullStr The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
title_full_unstemmed The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
title_sort The impact of legal expertise on moral decision-making biases
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Báez, Sandra
Patiño Sáenz, Michel
Martínez Cotrina, Jorge
Aponte, Diego Mauricio
Caicedo, Juan Carlos
Santamaría García, Hernando
Pastor, Daniel Alberto
González Gadea, María Luz
Haissiner, Martín David
García, Adolfo Martín
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author Báez, Sandra
author_facet Báez, Sandra
Patiño Sáenz, Michel
Martínez Cotrina, Jorge
Aponte, Diego Mauricio
Caicedo, Juan Carlos
Santamaría García, Hernando
Pastor, Daniel Alberto
González Gadea, María Luz
Haissiner, Martín David
García, Adolfo Martín
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
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author2 Patiño Sáenz, Michel
Martínez Cotrina, Jorge
Aponte, Diego Mauricio
Caicedo, Juan Carlos
Santamaría García, Hernando
Pastor, Daniel Alberto
González Gadea, María Luz
Haissiner, Martín David
García, Adolfo Martín
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv MORAL COGNITION
LEGAL EXPERTISE
JUDGES
topic MORAL COGNITION
LEGAL EXPERTISE
JUDGES
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Traditional and mainstream legal frameworks conceive law primarily as a purely rational practice, free from affect or intuition. However, substantial evidence indicates that human decision-making depends upon diverse biases. We explored the manifestation of these biases through comparisons among 45 criminal judges, 60 criminal attorneys, and 64 controls. We examined whether these groups’ decision-making patterns were influenced by (a) the information on the transgressor’s mental state, (b) the use of gruesome language in harm descriptions, and (c) ongoing physiological states. Judges and attorneys were similar to controls in that they overestimated the damage caused by intentional harm relative to accidental harm. However, judges and attorneys were less biased towards punishments and harm severity ratings to accidental harms. Similarly, they were less influenced in their decisions by either language manipulations or physiological arousal. Our findings suggest that specific expertise developed in legal settings can attenuate some pervasive biases in moral decision processes.
Fil: Báez, Sandra. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela
Fil: Patiño Sáenz, Michel. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia
Fil: Martínez Cotrina, Jorge. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; Colombia
Fil: Aponte, Diego Mauricio. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; Colombia
Fil: Caicedo, Juan Carlos. Universidad Externado de Colombia.; Colombia
Fil: Santamaría García, Hernando. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia
Fil: Pastor, Daniel Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: González Gadea, María Luz. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Haissiner, Martín David. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Traditional and mainstream legal frameworks conceive law primarily as a purely rational practice, free from affect or intuition. However, substantial evidence indicates that human decision-making depends upon diverse biases. We explored the manifestation of these biases through comparisons among 45 criminal judges, 60 criminal attorneys, and 64 controls. We examined whether these groups’ decision-making patterns were influenced by (a) the information on the transgressor’s mental state, (b) the use of gruesome language in harm descriptions, and (c) ongoing physiological states. Judges and attorneys were similar to controls in that they overestimated the damage caused by intentional harm relative to accidental harm. However, judges and attorneys were less biased towards punishments and harm severity ratings to accidental harms. Similarly, they were less influenced in their decisions by either language manipulations or physiological arousal. Our findings suggest that specific expertise developed in legal settings can attenuate some pervasive biases in moral decision processes.
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