… Thus, in responding to immoral behaviors, civilized … , they would have been able to anticipate
the consequences of their … their will), people can still make choices, given the free will they …

… ; a behavioral test indicating aggression). Results showed that participants aligned John's
free will … Altogether, then, we predict that, in the free will question, people should rate John's …

… the bounds of our actual criminal-justice practices as we find … , tracking, and predicting
violent behavior for the purpose of … face of uncertainty about the existence of free will, perhaps …

… It predicts that intelligence research, and especially research … low corruption, free will belief
favors punitive attitudes [33]. … others, just world belief, retributive punishment, and generally …

… believe in vengeful gods who punish immoral behavior. These punitive religious beliefs may
foster … We predicted that motivation to punish norm violators would mediate the relationship …

… Work regarding free will makes a similar point— those who believe they (and others) have
less agency punish … That is, our predictions focus on the relative acceptability of unethical …

… do because libertarian free will is a false belief invented for the … practices of blame and
punishment are illegitimate absent this … He therefore did not anticipate that his action would invite …

… for Free Will subscale indeed measuring the belief in free will. … Making punishment palatable:
Belief in free will alleviates … Free to punish: A motivated account of free will belief. Journal …

… ), or when participants held strong beliefs in individual free will (Study 4), … perceptions of
control, punishment for the target also … our predictions, Study 4 showed that belief in free will—an …

… that the harm of blame and punishment and the benefit of praise … reduce the incidence of
future immoral behavior. Such … sort of free will at issue, we conclude that free will skepticism is …