Psychology: Atheism and moral intuitions

Adam B. Cohen () and Jordan W. Moon
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Adam B. Cohen: Arizona State University
Jordan W. Moon: Arizona State University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 8, 1-2

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2017
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