Moral Foundations Theory

Graham, Jesse; Haidt, Jonathan; Koleva, Spassena; Motyl, Matt; Iyer, Ravi; Wojcik, Sean P.; Ditto, Peter H.

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“…Deontologically-oriented researchers have searched for acts perceived as "objectively obligated" (DeScioli & Kurzban, 2013;Miller et al, 1990;Shweder, 1990;Shweder, Mahapatra, & Miller, 1987) or those additionally justified by "concepts of welfare, justice, and rights" (Turiel, Killen, & Helwig, 1987, p. 169-170). A social-functional perspective looks for evolutionarilty-based social and psychological mechanisms that produce prosocial outcomes (Haidt & Kesebir, 2010), especially those associated with automatic affective evaluations (Graham et al, 2013). Others have emphasized the communicative and meaning-making aspects of morality, both intra-and inter-individual (e.g., Haste, 2013;Kesebir & Pyszczynski, 2011;Park, Edmondson, & HaleSmith, 2013;van den Bos, 2009).…”

Section: Moral Vs Non-moral Norms: a Prototype Approachmentioning

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Immorality East and West

Buchtel

Guan

Peng

et al. 2015

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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What makes some act immoral? While Western theories of morality often define harmful behaviors as centrally immoral, whether or not this is applicable to other cultures is still under debate. In particular, Confucianism emphasizes civilized behavior as fundamental to moral excellence. We designed three studies examining how the word "immoral" is used by Chinese and Westerners. Layperson-generated examples were used to examine cultural differences in which behaviors are called "immoral" (Study 1, N = 609; Study 2, N = 480), and whether "immoral" behaviors were best characterized as particularly harmful vs.uncivilized (Study 3, N = 443). Results suggest that Chinese use the word "immoral" to label behaviors that are particularly uncivilized, while Westerners link immorality more tightly to harm. More research into lay concepts of morality is needed to inform theories of moral cognition and improve understanding of human conceptualizations of social norms.

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Section: Moral Vs Non-moral Norms: a Prototype Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immorality East and West

Buchtel

Guan

Peng

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Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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“…Is there any pattern to this variation? According to Moral Foundations Theory, human moral values are grounded in at least five intuitive foundations, each related to a distinct evolutionary problem (Graham et al, 2013). Two of them -concern for Harm and Fairness -are the focus of liberal ethics and are referred to as individualizing foundations.…”

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Moral concerns across the United States: associations with life-history variables, pathogen prevalence, urbanization, cognitive ability, and social class

Leeuwen

Koenig

Graham

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Evolution and Human Behavior

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“…MFT provides an explanation for the distinct moralities of different social groups, arguing for example, that binding moral foundations are more important for conservatives and members of collectivist cultures than for liberals or members of individualist societies (see Graham et al, 2013 for a review). But individualizing and binding moralities are also related to several individual-level psychological dispositions, like RWA and SDO among others.…”

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“…The original aim of Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) was to explain the psychological mechanisms underlying the apparently different moral values and preferences of social groups like conservatives and liberals, or members of collectivists and individualist cultures (Graham et al, 2013;). …”

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A closer look at intergroup threat within the dual process model framework: The mediating role of moral foundations

Hadarics¹,

Kende²

2017

Psychol. Thought

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In our study we investigated how right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) are related to perceived intergroup threat, and also tested the potential mediating role of individualizing and binding moral foundations within this relationship pattern. According to our results, both RWA and SDO enhanced the perceived threat related to immigration. Furthermore, the effect of SDO was partly mediated by individualizing moral foundations, while the effect of RWA was partly mediated by both kinds of moral foundations. It seems that perceived intergroup threat, at least to some extent, is influenced by personal moral preferences that can be derived from individual dispositions and motivations.Keywords: right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, moral foundations, intergroup threat, motivated social cognition Europe will undoubtedly remember 2015 as the year of the evolving refugee crisis. As primary transit zones, many Eastern European countries got involved in this crisis without any significant prior experience in its recent history regarding refugees. It became a politically relevant and highly controversial question in these countries, how to respond to the large wave of immigrants and refugees travelling through the region. The question was framed as a moral dilemma between the moral responsibilities to defend the country from the threat of massimmigration and to help people in need.At the same time, as it is indicated by recent research findings about motivated social cognition and moral psychology, moral judgments are influenced by personal motivations and psychological dispositions that also affect intergroup attitudes (Federico, Weber, Ergun, & Hunt, 2013;Kugler, Jost, & Noorbaloochi, 2014;Milojev et al., 2014). Therefore, these moral judgments are necessarily not impartial. Building upon the recent joint research of the dual process model of prejudice and ideologies and moral foundations theory (Federico et al., 2013; Hadarics & Kende, in press;Kugler et al., 2014;Milojev et al., 2014; Radkiewicz, 2016), we attempt to Psychological Thought psyct.psychopen.eu | 2193-7281 support the assumption that the negative perception of outgroups is related to moral concerns that are derived from individual level dispositions. The Dual Process Model of PrejudiceAccording to the Dual Process Model of Prejudice and Ideologies (DPM), all our socially and ideologically relevant beliefs can be arranged along two well distinguished attitudinal dimensions: right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation (Duckitt, 2001;Duckitt & Sibley, 2009. Both dimensions have their unique motivational background, and have very different environmental and personality-related bases. In the case of the first dimension, the main motivation is to establish and maintain order, security, and stability in the social environment. Consequently, all the beliefs and attitudinal preferences belonging to this dimension help reach this goal. The authors suggested that this attitude cluster can b...

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Moral Foundations Theory

Cited by 1,265 publications

References 174 publications

Immorality East and West

Immorality East and West

Moral concerns across the United States: associations with life-history variables, pathogen prevalence, urbanization, cognitive ability, and social class

A closer look at intergroup threat within the dual process model framework: The mediating role of moral foundations

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