Does deciding among morally relevant options feel like making a choice? How morality constrains people’s sense of choice.

• Main Authors: Kouchaki, Maryam, Smith, Isaac H., Savani, Krishna
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Morality; Choice; Business::Management
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79856; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50162
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We demonstrate that a difference exists between objectively having and psychologically perceiving multiple-choice options of a given decision, showing that morality serves as a constraint on people’s perceptions of choice. Across 8 studies (N = 2,217), using both experimental and correlational metho...