Motivated moral judgments about freedom of speech are constrained by a need to maintain consistency
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104623
Abstract: Speech is a critical means of negotiating political, adaptive interests in human society. Prior research on motivated political cognition has found that support for freedom of speech depends on whether one agrees with its ideological… read more here.
Keywords: motivated moral; freedom speech; speech; moral judgments ... See more keywords
The mere liking effect: Attitudinal influences on attributions of moral character
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2018.06.007
Abstract: Abstract People believe that their moral judgments are well-justified and as objective as scientific facts. Still, dual-process models of judgment provide strong theoretical reasons to expect that in reality moral judgments are substantially influenced by… read more here.
Keywords: mere liking; moral character; character; attitudinal influences ... See more keywords
Moral tribalism: Moral judgments of actions supporting ingroup interests depend on collective narcissism
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104098
Abstract: Abstract In this article, we examine how group identity and protection of group interests shape morality judgments. We argue that actions serving ingroup interests are more likely to be judged as moral (or less immoral)… read more here.
Keywords: narcissism; collective narcissism; group; moral judgments ... See more keywords
Do behavioral base rates impact associated moral judgments?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104145
Abstract: Abstract In a series of studies, we ask whether and to what extent the base rate of a behavior influences associated moral judgment. Previous research aimed at answering different but related questions are suggestive of… read more here.
Keywords: moral judgment; moral judgments; base rates; associated moral ... See more keywords
Why People With High Alexithymia Make More Utilitarian Judgments.
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DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000474
Abstract: Although recent studies have investigated the effect of alexithymia on moral judgments, such an effect remains elusive. Furthermore, moral judgments have been conflated with the moral inclinations underlying those judgments in previous studies. Using a… read more here.
Keywords: high alexithymia; alexithymia make; utilitarian judgments; deontological inclinations ... See more keywords
People Systematically Update Moral Judgments of Blame
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DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000137
Abstract: Six experiments examine people’s updating of blame judgments and test predictions developed from a socially regulated blame perspective. According to this perspective, blame emerged in human history as a socially costly tool for regulating other’s… read more here.
Keywords: blame; people systematically; blame judgments; information ... See more keywords
The behavioral and neural basis of empathic blame
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05299-9
Abstract: Mature moral judgments rely both on a perpetrator’s intent to cause harm, and also on the actual harm caused–even when unintended. Much prior research asks how intent information is represented neurally, but little asks how… read more here.
Keywords: behavioral neural; neural basis; empathic blame; basis empathic ... See more keywords
Detecting the Boundaries of Disposition Bias on Moral Judgments of Media Characters’ Behaviors using Social Judgment Theory
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DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqz021
Abstract: eople continuously morally judge the behaviors of media characters. This informs people’s dispositions toward characters. Their dispositions bias their subsequent moral judgments of behavior. Affective disposition theory (ADT) contends that limits to disposition bias exist,… read more here.
Keywords: theory; moral judgments; media characters; social judgment ... See more keywords
Developing Digital Privacy: Children's Moral Judgments Concerning Mobile GPS Devices.
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DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12826
Abstract: New technology poses new moral problems for children to consider. We examined whether children deem object tracking with a mobile GPS device to be a property right. In three experiments, 329 children (4-10 years) and adults… read more here.
Keywords: developing digital; moral judgments; mobile gps; digital privacy ... See more keywords
Counterfactual choices and moral judgments in children.
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DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13943
Abstract: When making moral judgments of past actions, adults often think counterfactually about what could have been done differently. Considerable evidence suggests that counterfactual thinking emerges around age 6, but it remains unknown how this development… read more here.
Keywords: moral judgments; judgments children; outcome; choices moral ... See more keywords
Socioeconomic status predicts children's moral judgments of novel resource distributions.
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DOI: 10.1111/desc.13230
Abstract: Children's moral judgments of resource distributions as having "fair" or "unfair" origins play an important role in early social cognition. What factors shape these judgments? The present study advances research on this question in two… read more here.
Keywords: children moral; moral judgments; socioeconomic status; resource distributions ... See more keywords