Against Time Bias

• Main Authors: Greene, Preston, Sullivan, Meghan
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Philosophy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79718; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40397
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Most of us display a bias toward the near: we prefer pleasurable experiences to be in our near future and painful experiences to be in our distant future. We also display a bias toward the future: we prefer pleasurable experiences to be in our future and painful experiences to be in our past. While...