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    "pk": 25956,
    "title": "Does tactile softness and hardness alter our acceptance of utilitarian judgment?",
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    "abstract": "Present study examines the effect of incidental haptic sensations on acceptance of utilitarian judgment—seeking\ngreater happiness in exchange for a few victims—under personal and impersonal moral dilemmas. Recently, Nakamura et\nal. (2014) indicated that physical coldness reduced empathic concern and facilitated utilitarian judgment in personal moral\ndilemma. It is also shown that tactile sensations such as softness and hardness affect our social judgment and empathic feeling\nto others. In this experiment, participants palmed either a soft cotton cushion or a hard iron tube while making moral judgments.\nResults showed that the hardness did not solely facilitate utilitarian judgment, however sex-tactile sensations interaction was\nmodestly significant in personal dilemma. Specifically, males seemed to be more utilitarian while palming the iron tube. Results\nalso showed that males were more utilitarian when they felt the sacrificed individuals were socially distant. Furthermore,\ncontrary to expectation, high empathic feelings strengthened utilitarian judgment.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Member Abstracts",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Yoshimasa",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Majima",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Hokusei Gakuen University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Hiroko",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Nakamura",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Nagoya University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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