Ep. 2 - Not All Who Ponder Count Costs (with Paul Conway)

In this podcast episode , I'll be reading Paul Conway's and my recent paper about moral dilemmas entitled, "Not all who ponder count costs: Arithmetic reflection predicts utilitarian tendencies, but logical reflection predicts both deontological and utilitarian tendencies". In this paper we find that—contrary to some dual process theories' claims—consequentialist responses to moral dilemmas may not be more reflective per se, but rather more influenced by mathematical information. As with all of my papers, the free preprint of the paper can be found on my CV at byrdnick.com/cv under "Publications". Byrd, N., & Conway, P. (2019). Not all who ponder count costs: Arithmetic reflection predicts utilitarian tendencies, but logical reflection predicts both deontological and utilitarian tendencies. Cognition, 192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.06.007 If this sounds like the kind of research that you want to hear more about, you can subscribe to Upon Reflection wherever you find podcasts. You can also find out more about me and my research on Twitter via @byrd_nick, or on Facebook via @byrdnick. If you end up enjoying the Upon Reflection podcast, then feel free to tell people about it, online, in person, or in your ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Related Upon Reflection Podcast, Ep. 0: Introduction Upon Reflection Podcast, Ep. 1: What We Can Infer About Implicit Bias 10+ Podcasts about Cognitive Science 40+ Podcasts about Philosophy Is Reflective Reasoning Supposed To Change Your Mind? Christine Korsgaard on Reflection and Reflective Endorsement