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Letter: How to untangle the morality mismatch (1)

Published 25 November 2020

From John Cantellow, Derby, UK

Sylvia Terbeck’s article about how moral actions can differ from moral decisions reminded me of the work of Daniel Kahneman and others, who found some behaviour was largely determined by non-conscious processing that was fast and intuitive (31 October, p 23). Conscious processing was slower and gave a different, fabricated explanation for the actions taken.

Perhaps the difference between moral decisions and moral actions can be explained by the difference between conscious and non-conscious processing.

Issue no. 3310 published 28 November 2020

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