We tested the hypothesis that if indefinite life extension (ILE) through medical technologies were to become a reality, then people may become harsher in their judgment of social transgressors. In support of this hypothesis, we found that higher positive attitudes towards ILE technologies related to harshness in judgment of social transgressions (Study 1), and that making ILE plausible (compared to not plausible) led participants to endorse harsher punishments for social transgressors (Studies 2-3). We replicated this effect and found that it is not amplified by subliminal death primes, although the primes also increased harshness (Study 3). These results may have implications to understanding how social judgment may be affected by the prospect of ILE.

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延长寿命会影响我们的社会判断吗？无限期延长寿命的可能性增加了对社会违规者的严厉程度的证据

我们检验了这样一个假设，即如果通过医疗技术无限期延长寿命 (ILE) 成为现实，那么人们对社会违规者的判断可能会变得更加严厉。为了支持这一假设，我们发现对 ILE 技术的较高积极态度与判断社会违规行为的严厉程度有关（研究 1），并且使 ILE 合理（与不合理相比）导致参与者支持对社会违规者进行更严厉的惩罚（研究2-3)。我们复制了这种效应，发现它不会被阈下死亡启动子放大，尽管启动子也增加了粗糙度（研究 3）。这些结果可能对理解社会判断如何受到 ILE 前景的影响有影响。