Daniel B Cohen
Biographic Data
| ID | 9534047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel B Cohen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel B |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5760-636X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Do Intoxicated Offenders Deserve Harsher Sentences? Questioning Veritas in Vino
Criminal courts increasingly treat intoxication as an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor in sentencing. This shift, seen in Australian law and other jurisdictions, raises the prospect of unjust outcomes. We examine this trend through the lens of desert‐based justifications for punishment, setting aside questions of deterrence and public safety. We first argue that intoxication can impair key capacities required for responsibility, sugges…
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated (i) factors predicting the seeking and sharing of vaccinerelated information, and (ii) the effect of an accuracy-sensitisation prime on sharing intentions. Design:This was a preregistered online survey with 213 participants. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (who were exposed to an accuracy-sensitisation prime) or a control group. DESIGN: This was a preregistered online survey with 213…
Moral, self-interested, and social motivation each predict compliance with social distancing rules
These findings have implications not only for the design of social distancing rules but also for efforts to ensure vaccine uptake. Governments need to consider how to harness moral, self-interested, and social motivation to promote compliance, perhaps by co-opting utilitarian reasoning, which positively influences these motivational forces
An Actualist Explanation of the Procreation Asymmetry
While morality prohibits us from creating miserable children, it does not require us to create happy children. I offer an actualist explanation of this apparent asymmetry. Assume that for every possible world W, there is a distinct set of permissibility facts determined by the welfare of those who exist in W. Moral actualism says that actual-world permissibility facts should determine one's choice between worlds. But if one doesn't know which wor…
Privilege in America
An Actualist Explanation of the Procreation Asymmetry
While morality prohibits us from creating miserable children, it does not require us to create happy children. I offer an actualist explanation of this apparent asymmetry. Assume that for every possible world W, there is a distinct set of permissibility facts determined by the welfare of those who exist in W. Moral actualism says that actual-world permissibility facts should determine one's choice between worlds. But if one doesn't know which wor…
Privilege in America
An Actualist Explanation of the Procreation Asymmetry
While morality prohibits us from creating miserable children, it does not require us to create happy children. I offer an actualist explanation of this apparent asymmetry. Assume that for every possible world W, there is a distinct set of permissibility facts determined by the welfare of those who exist in W. Moral actualism says that actual-world permissibility facts should determine one's choice between worlds. But if one doesn't know which wor…
Moral, self-interested, and social motivation each predict compliance with social distancing rules
These findings have implications not only for the design of social distancing rules but also for efforts to ensure vaccine uptake. Governments need to consider how to harness moral, self-interested, and social motivation to promote compliance, perhaps by co-opting utilitarian reasoning, which positively influences these motivational forces
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated (i) factors predicting the seeking and sharing of vaccinerelated information, and (ii) the effect of an accuracy-sensitisation prime on sharing intentions. Design:This was a preregistered online survey with 213 participants. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (who were exposed to an accuracy-sensitisation prime) or a control group. DESIGN: This was a preregistered online survey with 213…
Do Intoxicated Offenders Deserve Harsher Sentences? Questioning Veritas in Vino
Criminal courts increasingly treat intoxication as an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor in sentencing. This shift, seen in Australian law and other jurisdictions, raises the prospect of unjust outcomes. We examine this trend through the lens of desert‐based justifications for punishment, setting aside questions of deterrence and public safety. We first argue that intoxication can impair key capacities required for responsibility, sugges…
Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Free Will and Agency (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Anxiety (1 work)