Previous research has shown that moral concerns weigh more heavily when people are
experimentally induced to think about the distant vs. near future. The current research
demonstrates that this also applies to people whose thinking is intrinsically and generally
oriented toward the future rather than the present. More specifically, we show that people with a
future time perspective are more condemning of others who transgress ethical rules and that they
are more committed to follow ethical rules themselves. Theoretical and practical implications are