Your health vs. my liberty: Philosophical beliefs dominated reflection and identifiable victim effects when predicting public health recommendation compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Byrd, Nick; Białek, Michał

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104649

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“…Previous literature has demonstrated that citizen compliance with preventative measures is influenced by attitudes toward their government and government policies ( Gesser-Edelsburg et al, 2020 ; Salimi et al, 2020 ). Moreover, research regarding health crises response has shown that the success of healthcare policies relies, in part, on the public's perception of personal and societal risk ( Bavel et al, 2020 ; Byrd and Białek, 2021 ; Dryhurst et al, 2020 ). During the current COVID-19 pandemic, risk perception is suggested to be influenced by personal experience, values, and societal and cultural norms ( Al-Hasan et al, 2020 ; Dryhurst et al, 2020 ).…”

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Public perceptions of psychiatric, justice-involved, and elderly populations during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Qureshi

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Journal of Psychiatric Research

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The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a significant global impact, with all countries facing the challenge of mitigating its spread. An unprecedented shortage of medical resources has raised concerns regarding allocation and prioritization of supplies, which may exacerbate social discrepancies for already vulnerable populations. As public opinion can impact healthcare policies, we aimed to characterize perceptions of psychiatric, forensic psychiatry, correctional, and elderly populations regarding COVID-19-related issues. This web-based study recruited participants (n = 583) from the general population in North America. The survey included perceptions of the pandemic, hypothetical scenarios on resource prioritization, and Likert scale questions. The majority of participants were cisgender female (72.7%), aged 31–74 years (80.0%), married (48.0%), retired (52.7%), resided in Canada (73.9%), had a college/university degree (50.9%) and had never worked in healthcare (66.21%). Most respondents reported not having a criminal history (95.88%), or a psychiatric disorder (78.73%). Perceptions of vulnerable populations were significantly different for resource allocation and prioritization (e.g., ventilator and vaccine resources, all p < 0.001). Healthcare workers and the elderly were commonly ranked the highest priority for resources, while forensic psychiatry and correctional populations were given the lowest priority. A high rate of disagreement was found for the more stigmatizing questions in the survey (all p < 0.0001). Our results suggest that perception from members of the general public in North America is aligned with current practices for resource allocation. However, individuals that already face social and health disparities may face additional opposition in decision-making for COVID-19 resources.

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Public perceptions of psychiatric, justice-involved, and elderly populations during the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Firstly, social distancing restrictions elicit a potential clash between the individualizing and binding foundations. If everyone is ordered to comply, someone on the left who values the individualizing foundations over the binding ones will likely do so, in fairness to others and to minimize the harms of viral transmission [44]. Although those on the political right do still value care, they differ regarding to what degree it needs to be balanced with other moral foundations [40].…”

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Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have advocated numerous social distancing measures, and compliance with these has likely saved millions of lives globally. In an online sample drawn from the U.S. and Canada (N = 209), participants completed measures of political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing attitudes and behaviours. A more left-wing political orientation, and greater endorsement of the individualizing moral foundations were significantly related to more positive social distancing attitudes, and greater self-reported compliance with relevant restrictions. A more right-wing political orientation, and greater endorsement of the binding and economic liberty foundations were associated with less positive attitudes and reduced compliance. In a series of mediation analyses, the relationships between political orientation and various social distancing measures were significantly mediated by variations in participants’ moral foundations, particularly their endorsement of economic liberty and the individualizing foundations. Further data indicated that the perceived persuasiveness of messages based on each moral foundation advocating for continued social distancing was significantly related to both participants’ moral values and their political orientation. Findings are discussed in terms of understanding politicized differences around social distancing as partly reflecting differential valuation of the moral foundations, and in creating effective public health messaging regarding compliance.

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“…Since this time, better reflection test performance has predicted moral judgments about unintended side effects (Pinillos, Smith, Nair, Marchetto, & Mun, 2011), a tendency toward atheism or agnosticism (Pennycook, Ross, Koehler, & Fugelsang, 2016), liberal political preferences (Byrd & Białek, 2021;Deppe et al, 2015;Saribay & Yilmaz, 2017;Yilmaz & Alper, 2019), and the orthodox "Gettier intuition" about knowledge (Byrd & Cullen, 2021;Machery et al, 2017).…”

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2021

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is a philosopher-scientist studying reasoning, technology, and well-being with funding from the John Templeton Foundation, the US Intelligence Community, and various universities. Their graduate education in philosophy and cognitive science was completed at University of Colorado and Florida State University. Byrd also writes for Psychology Today and co-edits the Brains blog. You can find out more at byrdnick.com.

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Your health vs. my liberty: Philosophical beliefs dominated reflection and identifiable victim effects when predicting public health recommendation compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 30 publications

References 119 publications

Public perceptions of psychiatric, justice-involved, and elderly populations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Public perceptions of psychiatric, justice-involved, and elderly populations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing

Reflective reasoning & philosophy

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