Theory of mind and moral cognition: exploring the connections.
It is widely recognized that people sometimes use theory-of-mind judgments in moral cognition. A series of recent studies shows that the connection can also work in the opposite direction: moral judgments can sometimes be used in theory-of-mind cognition. Thus, there appear to be cases in which people's moral judgments actually serve as input to the process underlying their application of theory-of-mind concepts.
Knobe
Joshua
J
Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. jknobe@princeton.edu
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009014:Morals