Mapping the moral domain.

Abstract

The moral domain is broader than the empathy and justice concerns assessed by existing measures of moral competence, and it is not just a subset of the values assessed by value inventories. To fill the need for reliable and theoretically-grounded measurement of the full range of moral concerns, we developed the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ) based on a theoretical model of five universally available (but variably developed) sets of moral intuitions: Harm/care, Fairness/reciprocity, Ingroup/loyalty, Authority/respect, and Purity/sanctity. We present evidence for the internal and external validity of the scale and the model, and in doing so present new findings about morality: 1. Comparative model fitting of confirmatory factor analyses provides empirical justification for a five-factor structure of moral concerns. 2. Convergent/discriminant validity evidence suggests that moral concerns predict personality features and social group attitudes not previously considered morally relevant. 3. We establish pragmatic validity of the measure in providing new knowledge and research opportunities concerning demographic and cultural differences in moral intuitions. These analyses provide evidence for the usefulness of Moral Foundations Theory in simultaneously increasing the scope and sharpening the resolution of psychological views of morality.

Biasing moral decisions by exploiting the dynamics of eye gaze

“…The type of questions we used concerned virtues and vices, empathy and generosity, questions about god, sex, and death; the kind of questions that can drive elections and divide nations. The moral statements were derived from moral foundations theory (MFT), which defines five categories underpinning a broad and cross-culturally valid conception of morality (6,34,35). Consequently, the issues were meaningful and engaging to the participants, and the overall rated level of importance was notably high, at 4.91 on a 7-point scale.…”

Moral cognition and homicide amongst forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A cross-sectional cohort study

“…We hypothesized that (a) higher scores on moral cognition measured by the Moral Foundations Questionaire-30 (MFQ-30) (Graham et al, 2011) could account for a significant amount of the variance in homicide outcomes amongst forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder; (b) neurocognitive impairment might influence homicidal acts in this group by impairing moral cognition.…”

“…All gave informed consent. The MFQ-30 measures care-harm, fairness-reciprocity, in-grouployalty, authority-respect, purity-sanctity and two super-ordinate composite factors individualizing and binding (Graham et al, 2011). Neurocognition was assessed using the Matrics Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) (Nuechterlein et al, 2008).…”

„bu Daode“ Elgesys Kinijoje Ir Vakaruose. Kaip Išvengti Asimetriškumo Tarpkultūrinėje Normų Psichologijoje

“…Visgi ir šio naujo tipo tarpkultūrinės moralės psichologijos studijos papuola į asimetrinio tyrimo spąstus dėl vis pasikartojančio rėmi-mosi neišsakyta išankstine prielaida, kad pati moralė yra universaliai egzistuojanti normatyvinė sritis. Dažnai sutinkama, kad moralės srities turiniai gali būti skirtingi, taip pat kad moralės sferos aprėptis gali varijuoti (Graham et al 2011;Graham et al 2013), tačiau pati normatyvinio lauko struktūra, kai moralės sfera matoma kaip atskira ir nuo kitų sričių besiskirianti normatyvinė sritis, dažnai laikoma universaliai egzistuojančiu reiškiniu (apžvalgai žr. Nichols 2004;Kelly and Stich 2007;Machery and Mallon 2010).…”