"How we attribute intentions to other people"

An interesting example of whether people view a CEO as responsible for a socially damaging action or a beneficial one.

The programme is full of many more fascinating examples of how our judgement of intention is affected by the outcome rather than the decision the person makes.

However, I wonder whether our judgements are clouded by the notion of responsibility rather than purely intention, where we place much greater social weight on responsibility for damaging actions, than beneficial ones.

I believe this is another example of "framing effects".

Link via David Flath.

Comments

[JorgXMcKie]

I have been described as "cold," "unfeeling," "inhuman," and "harsh" for simply rationally making some choices at some times. That's probably correct, but I fail to see why it's wrong.