What modes of moral reasoning do judges employ? We construct a linear SVM classifier for moral reasoning mode trained on applied ethics articles written by consequentialists and deontologists. The model can classify a paragraph of text in held out data with over 90 percent accuracy. We then...

Experts and workers in many domains make multiple similar but independent decisions in sequence. Previous research has shown that the serial position of the case in the sequence, an irrelevant factor, often influences the decision. Yet, the conditions under which serial position effects emerge...