BJKS Podcast

7. Jonathan Berman: Moral choice when harming is unavoidable, simple experiments, and open science

December 25, 2020
BJKS Podcast
7. Jonathan Berman: Moral choice when harming is unavoidable, simple experiments, and open science
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Jonathan Berman is Associate Professor of Marketing at the London Business School. His main research focus is on judgment and decision-making.

In this conversation, we talk predominately about Jonathan's paper "Moral Choice When Harming is Unavoidable" that came out this year in Psychological Science. As part of our conversation about this paper, we also discuss open science practices, especially preregistration.

BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. New conversations every other Friday. You can find the podcast on all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.).

Timestamps
0:00:08: How Jonathan got into the field he currently works in
0:18:55: Discussing Jonathan's paper "Moral choice when harming is unavoidable"
0:35:03: Framing of moral decisions
0:42:43: Which studies to include in a paper?
0:48:46: Simple experiments
0:55:39: How Jonathan's research fits into a marketing department
1:02:33: Open science
1:09:58: File drawers and preregistration (with additional contributions from Jonathan's 6-month old child)

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References
Berman, J. Z., & Kupor, D. (2020). Moral choice when harming is unavoidable. Psychological Science.
Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psychological Science.

How Jonathan got into the field he currently works in
Discussing Jonathan's paper "Moral choice when harming is unavoidable"
Framing of moral decisions
Which studies to include in a paper?
Simple experiments
How Jonathan's research fits into a marketing department
Open science
File drawers and preregistration (with additional contributions from Jonathan's 6-month old child)