RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION
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Coercion
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Informed Concent
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Lying (when necessary)
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Debriefing
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Anonymity (confidentiality)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lies are morally wrong, then, for two reasons. First, lying corrupts the most important quality of my being human: my ability to make free, rational choices. Each lie I tell contradicts the part of me that gives me moral worth. Second, my lies rob others of their freedom to choose rationally.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lies are told for one of two reasons: either the deceptive person believes they have more to gain from lying than from telling the truth; or the deceptive person is incapable of discerning what the truth is, either temporarily or owing to some permanent mental defect.
Detailed explanation-3: -Moral objectivism says that there are correct (and incorrect) principles about when it’s okay to lie. There are three possibilities: i) it is morally wrong to lie in all circumstances, ii) it is morally permissible in all cases, and iii) it is sometimes permissible and sometimes wrong.