HackerNews Summary (2023-06-15 11PM)

Source: The illusion of moral decline

Summary
Two studies were conducted to investigate how Americans perceive changes in morality over time. Study 1 involved keyword searches in various opinion databases to locate representative survey items about perceptions of morality. Study 2a recruited a nationally representative sample of 1,000 US participants who rated how kind, honest, nice, and good people were today, were 10 years ago and were 20 years ago.

Fact

🔍 Study 1 involved keyword-term searches of various databases for representative US American participants who were asked about changes in morality over time.

📊 Study 1 excluded survey items about special topics whose moral relevance had changed considerably over time or differed substantially across members.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Study 1 excluded survey items about the morality of special subpopulations, rather than all US Americans or people in general.

💻 Study 2a recruited a nationally representative sample of 1,000 US participants through online sample provider Prolific.

📝 Participants in Study 2a rated how kind, honest, nice, and good people were today, 10 years ago and 20 years ago, using seven-point Likert scales.

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