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Moral Future-Thinking: Does the Moral Circle Stand the Test of Time?

2023-08-10

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<p>The long-term collective welfare of humanity may lie in the hands of those who are presently living. But do people normatively feel concern for and include future generations in their moral circles? Five studies conducted on Prolific Academic (NTotal=1,652) find evidence for a progressive decline in the subjective moral standing of future generations, demonstrating decreasing perceived moral obligation, moral c...

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Literature Corpus work: 404969fc-7fad-5f0c-a072-f0f03dd01e7c
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/c75ny

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