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Free will doubts may ease blame and anger, study finds
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Free will doubts may reduce shame and raise forgiveness

New research found that reading arguments against free will made people more self-forgiving and more forgiving of others.

A new study in the British Journal of Social Psychology found that reading arguments against free will made participants more self-forgiving after their own wrongdoing and more forgiving after someone else hurt them.

A survey across 44 countries also found that stronger belief in free will was linked with harsher responses to wrongdoing.

260 participants
First study
262 participants
Second study
8,917 people
Survey size
British Journal of Social Psychology
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Why it mattersIt challenges the idea that less belief in free will automatically leads to worse behaviour.

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