Flexible updating of beliefs in order to forgive

Alexander Todorov

doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0442-0

Flexible updating of beliefs in order to forgive

Alexander Todorov

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Abstract

We rapidly make inferences about the moral character of others. Observing a single immoral behaviour is often sufficient to make us think of them as morally ‘unworthy’. But our beliefs about others’ ‘badness’ (as opposed to ‘goodness’) are more uncertain. That is, we allow ourselves more space to re-assess and, if needed, rectify these beliefs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	722-723
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Human Behaviour
Volume	2
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0442-0
State	Published - Oct 1 2018

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Social Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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