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Our study follows the Sarkissian et al (2011) study on folk moral relativism. First, we replicate their Study 1 at a substantially larger sample size (over 600 hundred participants). For this replication, our materials and procedures are identical together theirs, with the exception that our participants are drawn from the Amazon Turk worker population rather than from university classrooms. We will call this strict replication the `No-Interaction` condition. Next, we introduce a new condition—the `Interaction` condition—simply by adding a text prompt at the end of each interlocutor vignette (for Sam, the Mamilon, and the Pentar) indicating that the participant will face the prospect of future interactions with the interlocutor and a large group of morally similar agents. The additions read as follows: > Six months from now, [Sam and a large group of friends who share his > moral views/a large group of these Mamilons/a large group of these > Pentars] will be relocating permanently to your town. You will need to > figure out how to interact with them in ordinary social settings, > including your schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. This condition was run with a further 1200 participants. ---------- Each version of our surveys (`No-Interaction` & `Interaction`) consist in three pages: **Page 1:** We ask basic demographic questions ascertaining a participant's sex, age, and number of ethics/moral philosphy courses she has taken in the past. **Page 2:** We provide a brief vignette introducing one of the interlocutors—either Sam [same-culture], the Mamilon [other-culture], or the Pentar [extraterrestrial]—and explain a bit about their respective culture. In the `Interaction` condition, here we also append the preceding quoted text indicating the prospect of future interactions. **Page 3:** We present two scenarios (presented in random order) each followed by a question. > Dylan buys an expensive new knife and tests its sharpness by randomly stabbing a passerby on the street. and > Horace finds his youngest child extremely unattractive and therefore kills him. After each of the two scenarios, it is conveyed that one of your neighbors had heard the scenario and thinks that what (Dylan/Horace) did was morally wrong, whereas (Sam/the Mamilon/the Pentar) has also heard the scenario and thinks what (Dylan/Horance) did was morally permissible. The participant is now asked to express her (dis)agreement with the following statement—that someone need be wrong—on a seven-point Likert scale. >Since your neighbor and (Sam/the Mamilon/the Pentar) have different judgments about this case, at least one of them must be wrong. ---------- Screen captures of these survey pages are shown bellow. **Page 1:** ![Question 1: sex][1] ![Question 2: age][2] ![Question 3: ethics courses taken][3] **Page 2:** ![Vignette 1: Sam][4] ![Vignette 2: Mamilon][5] ![Vignette 3: Pentar][6] **Page 3:** ![Scenario 1: Dylan stabs a passerby][7] ![Scenario 2: Horace kills his child][8] [1]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/hjmz6/?action=download&mode=render&direct&public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF%20%7C%20Intro%2bQ1%20copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/hjmz6/&format=2400x2400.jpeg [2]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/cvkz6/?action=download%26mode=render%26direct%26public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF+%7C+Intro%2BQ2+copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/cvkz6/&format=2400x2400.jpeg [3]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/vye64/?action=download%26mode=render%26direct%26public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF+%7C+Intro%2BQ3+copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/vye64/&format=2400x2400.jpeg [4]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/wkp6t/?action=download%26mode=render%26direct%26public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF+%7C+Sam%2BPrompt1+copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/wkp6t/&format=2400x2400.jpeg [5]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/3ewps/?action=download%26mode=render%26direct%26public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF+%7C+Mamilon%2BPrompt+copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/3ewps/&format=2400x2400.jpeg [6]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/td7sc/?action=download%26mode=render%26direct%26public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF+%7C+Pentar%2BPrompt+copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/td7sc/&format=2400x2400.jpeg [7]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/gdhvf/?action=download%26mode=render%26direct%26public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF+%7C+Pentar%2BQ1+copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/gdhvf/&format=2400x2400.jpeg [8]: https://mfr.osf.io/export?url=https://osf.io/xn5zs/?action=download%26mode=render%26direct%26public_file=False&initialWidth=774&childId=mfrIframe&parentTitle=OSF+%7C+Pentar%2BQ2+copy.jpg&parentUrl=https://osf.io/xn5zs/&format=2400x2400.jpeg
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