See something, say something? exploring the gap between real and imagined moral courage

Research shows that people often do not intervene to stop immoral action from happening. However, limited information is available on why people fail to intervene. Two preregistered studies (Ns = 248, 131) explored this gap in the literature by staging a theft in front of participants and immediatel...

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Published in:Ethics & behavior 2023-08, Vol.33 (6), p.529-550
Main Authors: Kemper, Nathan S., Campbell, Dylan S., Reiman, Anna-Kaisa
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Attention deficits
behavioral experiment
Bravery
Confusion
Moral courage
moral judgment
Precursors
qualitative methods
Theft
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