Popular support for the no-concessions policy in terrorist hostage takings
| dc.contributor.author | Mertes, Marc | |
| dc.contributor.author | Böhm, Robert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hüffmeier, Joachim | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-07T08:49:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-07T08:49:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-11-25 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Governmental responses to the frequently occurring terrorist hostage-takings, in which authorities must weigh the lives of the hostages against the lives of potential future victims, depend on popular support for governmental policy. Yet, little is known about how people form their judgement of governmental policies in this moral dilemma. We argue that people typically have imperfect information and their policy support for concessions can be substantially altered by changing the information they possess about different consequences. Across three studies (overall N = 1,547) employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, we found that (a) support for concessions is negatively linked to age and political conservatism, (b) most people either focus only on one aspect or have an imperfect representation of this moral dilemma when thinking about their support for concessions, (c) providing information on the benefits of concessions increases support for concessions, and (d) support for concessions increases when the benefits outweigh the costs and when a salient moral norm prescribes concessions. The potential implications for policymakers are discussed. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/43438 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-25269 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Collabra: Psychology; 10(1) | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | terrorist hostage-takings | en |
| dc.subject | no-concessions policy | en |
| dc.subject | moral dilemma | en |
| dc.subject | information processing | en |
| dc.subject.ddc | 150 | |
| dc.subject.rswk | Geiselnahme | de |
| dc.subject.rswk | Terrorismus | de |
| dc.subject.rswk | Bevölkerung | de |
| dc.subject.rswk | Politik | de |
| dc.title | Popular support for the no-concessions policy in terrorist hostage takings | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.publicationtype | ResearchArticle | |
| dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
| eldorado.secondarypublication | true | |
| eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitation | Mertes, M., Böhm, R. and Hüffmeier, J. (2024) ‘Popular support for the no-concessions policy in terrorist hostage takings’, Collabra: Psychology, 10(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.124482 | |
| eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifier | https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.124482 |