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Psychology: Atheism and moral intuitions

Psychology: Atheism and moral intuitions
Psychology: Atheism and moral intuitions
How robust is the perceived association between immorality and atheism? Studies across 13 countries demonstrate that immoral behaviour is intuitively associated with atheism: people routinely assume that an immoral person is likely to be an atheist, and this effect is consistent across a wide range of societies, though with notable variation.
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Cohen, Adam B.
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Moon, Jordan
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Cohen, Adam B.
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Moon, Jordan
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Cohen, Adam B. and Moon, Jordan (2017) Psychology: Atheism and moral intuitions. Nature Human Behaviour. (doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0157).

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How robust is the perceived association between immorality and atheism? Studies across 13 countries demonstrate that immoral behaviour is intuitively associated with atheism: people routinely assume that an immoral person is likely to be an atheist, and this effect is consistent across a wide range of societies, though with notable variation.

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Published date: 7 August 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 505387
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/505387
ISSN: 2397-3374
PURE UUID: d0e3f058-d890-4c64-9089-737584794179
ORCID for Jordan Moon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5102-3585

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Author: Adam B. Cohen
Author: Jordan Moon ORCID iD

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