Different kinds of thinking can communicate without your knowing it (Image: Charles Ommanney/Getty)
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Our moral judgements affect our thinking in surprising ways, says Joshua Knobe. Test your own intuition
A CORPORATE executive is considering a new policy. He thinks: “I know this policy will harm the environment, but I don’t care at all about that.” So he implements the policy and, sure enough, the environment is harmed. Now ask yourself: did he harm the environment intentionally?
But suppose we now change the word “harm” to “help”. So the executive thinks:…
