7. Jonathan Berman: Moral choice when harming is unavoidable, simple experiments, and open science

Jonathan Berman is Associate Professor of Marketing at the London Business School. His main research focus is on judgment and decision-making.In this conversation, we talk predominately about Jonathan's paper "Moral Choice When Harming is Unavoidable" that came out this year in Psychological Science. As part of our conversation about this paper, we also discuss open science practices, especially preregistration.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. New conversations every other Friday. You can find the podcast on all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.).Timestamps0:00:08: How Jonathan got into the field he currently works in0:18:55: Discussing Jonathan's paper "Moral choice when harming is unavoidable"0:35:03: Framing of moral decisions0:42:43: Which studies to include in a paper?0:48:46: Simple experiments0:55:39: How Jonathan's research fits into a marketing department1:02:33: Open science1:09:58: File drawers and preregistration (with additional contributions from Jonathan's 6-month old child)Podcast linksWebsite: https://bjks.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjksPodcastJonathan's linksWebsite: www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/b/berman-j-z-1Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=iIMbl9QAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=aoTwitter: https://twitter.com/jberman81Ben's linksWebsite: www.bjks.blog/Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=-nWNfvcAAAAJReferencesBerman, J. Z., & Kupor, D. (2020). Moral choice when harming is unavoidable. Psychological Science.Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psychological Science.