Describe in detail Ariel Rubinstein’s experiment on judgment and empathy and Summarize his findings and conclusions.

Ariel Rubinstein’s experiment on judgment and empathy sought to explore whether individuals could empathize with the person who was making a decision and understand the motivations behind their behavior even when they disagreed with them. In his experiment, Rubinstein asked participants to wager money in order to gain either a small or large amount of cash, depending on how accurately they guessed the result of a coin flip. He then gave some additional information to each participant that would influence their decision by providing them with an incentive (e.g., if they got it right, they’d get double their money). Rubinstein then asked participants whether they felt as though the other person had made a rational choice given all available incentives.

The results of Rubinstein’s experiment showed that when people were given more empathy towards another individual, rather than judging or criticizing their decisions, there was an increase in accuracy in predicting the other individual’s choices despite differences between incentives and outcomes. Furthermore, those who expressed more empathy also reported feeling less animosity towards those from whom they disagreed than those who judged harshly or who lacked any kind of understanding for why someone might be making different decisions than themselves.

From these findings, Rubinstein concluded that developing more empathy can lead to better judgments and help us better understand why people make certain decisions – even when we disagree with them – leading us to be able to form accurate predictions about their future behaviour based on our knowledge of their past choices.

In conclusion, Ariel Rubinstein’s experiment demonstrated that having greater empathy towards others plays an important role in judgement; it increases accuracy in predicting someone else’s decisions while simultaneously reducing animosity towards those from whom you disagree. This is significant because this type of understanding encourages open dialogue and allows for constructive conversations instead of heated debates which could otherwise damage relationships between two parties should disagreements arise.