The Psychology of the Unthinkable

Tetlock, P. E., Kristel, O. V., Elson, S. B., Green, M. C., & Lerner, J. S. (2000). The Psychology of the Unthinkable: Taboo Trade-Offs, Forbidden Base Rates, and Heretical Counterfactuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(5), 853-870.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2000

DOI

10.1037/0022-3514.78.5.853

Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.78.5.853

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  • It is the natural home for what Tetlock calls a taboo trade-off — a choice that pits a sacred value against a secular one

    This sourceDefines taboo trade-offs as exchanges between sacred and secular values and finds that individuals often respond with moral outrage and moral cleansing.

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