ABSTRACT

The dual-process model offers a unified framework for the study of reasoning and moral judgment, making it easier than ever for reasoning specialists to branch out to moral judgment, or for moral judgment specialists to incorporate findings and methods from the psychology of reasoning. In this chapter, we draw a parallel between investigations of belief bias and investigations of moral dilemmas to show how the same experimental toolbox (time pressure, cognitive interference, individual differences, mortality salience) has been applied to both phenomena within the theoretical context of the dual-process model.