Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis
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Yn: Nature Human Behaviour, Cyfrol 5, Rhif 8, 08.2021, t. 1074–1088.
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T1 - Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis
AU - Everett, Jim A. C.
AU - Colombatto, Clara
AU - Awad, Edmond
AU - Boggio, Paulo
AU - Bos, Bjoern
AU - Brady, William J.
AU - Chawla, Megha
AU - Chituc, Vladimir
AU - Chung, Dongil
AU - Drupp, Moritz A.
AU - Goel, Srishti
AU - Grosskopf, Brit
AU - Hjorth, Frederik
AU - Ji, Alissa
AU - Kealoha, Caleb
AU - Kim, Judy S.
AU - Lin, Yangfei
AU - Ma, Yina
AU - Marechal, Michel Andre
AU - Mancinelli, Federico
AU - Mathys, Christoph
AU - Olsen, Asmus L.
AU - Pearce, Graeme
AU - Prosser, Annayah M. B.
AU - Reggev, Niv
AU - Sabin, Nicholas
AU - Senn, Julien
AU - Shin, Yeon Soon
AU - Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter
AU - Sjastad, Hallgeir
AU - Strick, Madelijn
AU - Sul, Sunhae
AU - Tummers, Lars
AU - Turner, Monique
AU - Yu, Hongbo
AU - Zoh, Yoonseo
AU - Crockett, Molly J.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Trust in leaders is central to citizen compliance with public policies. One potential determinant of trust is how leaders resolve conflicts between utilitarian and non-utilitarian ethical principles in moral dilemmas. Past research suggests that utilitarian responses to dilemmas can both erode and enhance trust in leaders: sacrificing some people to save many others (‘instrumental harm’) reduces trust, while maximizing the welfare of everyone equally (‘impartial beneficence’) may increase trust. In a multi-site experiment spanning 22 countries on six continents, participants (N = 23,929) completed self-report (N = 17,591) and behavioural (N = 12,638) measures of trust in leaders who endorsed utilitarian or non-utilitarian principles in dilemmas concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. Across both the self-report and behavioural measures, endorsement of instrumental harm decreased trust, while endorsement of impartial beneficence increased trust. These results show how support for different ethical principles can impact trust in leaders, and inform effective public communication during times of global crisis.
AB - Trust in leaders is central to citizen compliance with public policies. One potential determinant of trust is how leaders resolve conflicts between utilitarian and non-utilitarian ethical principles in moral dilemmas. Past research suggests that utilitarian responses to dilemmas can both erode and enhance trust in leaders: sacrificing some people to save many others (‘instrumental harm’) reduces trust, while maximizing the welfare of everyone equally (‘impartial beneficence’) may increase trust. In a multi-site experiment spanning 22 countries on six continents, participants (N = 23,929) completed self-report (N = 17,591) and behavioural (N = 12,638) measures of trust in leaders who endorsed utilitarian or non-utilitarian principles in dilemmas concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. Across both the self-report and behavioural measures, endorsement of instrumental harm decreased trust, while endorsement of impartial beneficence increased trust. These results show how support for different ethical principles can impact trust in leaders, and inform effective public communication during times of global crisis.
U2 - 10.1038/s41562-021-01156-y
DO - 10.1038/s41562-021-01156-y
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 1074
EP - 1088
JO - Nature Human Behaviour
JF - Nature Human Behaviour
SN - 2397-3374
IS - 8
ER -