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#729 - Alex O'Connor - Are People Becoming Less Moral?
Modern Wisdom
Mortality Salience and Judges' Decision-Making
This chapter explores the concept of mortality salience and its impact on judges' decision-making. It discusses a study conducted on Arizona state judges, where they found that when reminded of their own mortality, the judges set higher bonds for certain cases compared to the control group, suggesting that people become more death-denying when confronted with their own mortality.
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