Is severe alcohol use disorder really associated with increased utilitarian moral judgment? Exploration using the CNI model.

Mado GautierJessica MangeXavier De LonguevillePierre Maurage
Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence (2024)
Patients with SAUD are not more utilitarian than healthy controls, this previously reported bias being artificially generated by the methodological limits of the classical approach. Instead, they present a reduced sensitivity to moral norms and an action bias, which might impact their interpersonal relations and contribute to the social isolation frequently reported in this population, thus identifying moral decision-making as a new therapeutic lever in SAUD.