What do you think?

Yeah, I am also, uh, shaken by Mia's story, it is a sad one.

[sighs] I think it's really unfortunate that this mother at the end of her life faced such uncertainty and was not given the chance to say goodbye to her son.

Uh, and I understand the motivation behind not sharing the son's illness with the mother, especially if that was his wishes, right? It, it is pro-social in many senses, both to the son and to protect the mother.

But in, you know, my own research and just reflections, those types of deception tend to be appreciated only when they're temporary, right? If now's not the right time because there's too much uncertainty or she's fragile, we don't have to tell her everything right away.

But eventually, right, most people think you should reveal because there is instrumental value in that truth.

It's grieving and love and saying goodbye.

And, and perhaps in, in situations like that, you know, it's more complicated than to say it's just the individual person's decision about, about what to do.

What do you think?

Yeah, I am also, uh, shaken by Mia's story.

It is a sad one.

I think it's really unfortunate that this mother at the end of her life faced such uncertainty and was not given the chance to say goodbye to her son.

Uh, and I understand the motivation behind not sharing the son's illness with the mother, especially if that was his wishes, right? It, it is pro-social in many senses, both to the son and to protect the mother.

But in, you know, my own research and just reflections, those types of deception tend to be appreciated only when they're temporary, right? If now's not the right time because there's too much uncertainty or she's fragile, we don't have to tell her everything right away.

But eventually, right, most people think you should reveal because there is instrumental value in that truth.

And, and perhaps in, in situations like that, you know, it's more complicated than to say it's just the individual person's decision about, about what to do.

What are these vignettes?

So imagine that your spouse or partner is very, very ill and in the hospital, and you've cheated on them in the past.

So this is the situation we present to participants.

Should you tell them that you cheated on them? And this is kind of the basic question, but we randomize some details of this vignette.

In one situation, you know that your partner is very likely to recover.

So in this case, about 30% of participants think it's the right thing to do to lie, so actually a substantial amount, even if your partner is likely to recover, think it's acceptable to lie to them about cheating.

But this number goes up, it almost doubles, when you know your partner is about to pass away.

Uh, describe for me what happened, Emma.