Law Practice
May 2, 2023
Judgments are influenced by perceptions of fairness
When we allow our personal opinions to influence our judgment, how fair or unfair are those personal opinions? Are they based upon thorough research and thoughtful analysis, or are they just personal preferences?
Mark B. Baer
Mark works as a mediator and conflict resolution consultant and teaches a course on implicit bias.
In my April 6 column I shared the research reflecting that due to naïve realism caused by egocentric bias, people tend to make negative judgments toward those who disagree with them, even when those judgments involve matters of taste and opinion on things as subjective as art, music, movies, and food. This really should not be surprising, considering the...
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