On the relevance of morality in social psychology: An introduction to a virtual special issue

Pagliaro, Stefano

doi:10.1002/ejsp.1840

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“…However, this distinction has recently been refined when it was shown that the warmth dimension encompasses both perceptions of sociability and morality (Leach, Ellemers, & Barreto, ). Further, several studies have shown that perceptions of morality, rather than sociability or competence, have primacy in evaluating others (e.g., Pagliaro, ) and in forming perceptions about out‐groups (e.g., Brambilla, Sacchi, Rusconi, Cherubini, & Yzerbyt, ). For instance, research has revealed that moral traits are dominant in face‐perception, being chronically accessible and playing a key role in interpersonal impression formation (Goodwin, Piazza, & Rozin, ; Todorov, Olivola, Dotsch, & Mende‐Siedlecki, ).…”

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Appealing to Moral Exemplars: Shared Perception of Morality as an Essential Ingredient of Intergroup Reconciliation

Čehajić‐Clancy

Bilewicz

2020

Social Issues Policy Review

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A history of intergroup conflict threatens the basic sense of in-group and out-group morality. This poses a severe obstacle to reconciliation both on socioemotional (by constraining forgiveness and generating dysfunctional intergroup emotions) and on instrumental (by constraining contact opportunities and effectiveness) levels. We argue and review research on how learning about others' moral behavior can contribute to intergroup reconciliation processes. Acknowledging the central role of morality in individual and group perceptions, we propose a new model of reconciliation grounded in research on moral exemplars. Moral exemplars are examples of individual heroic behavior crossing group borders (out-group members engage in rescuing in-group members and in-group members rescuing out-group members). We demonstrate how intergroup relations in post conflict societies can be improved through learning about moral exemplars. Based on studies and interventions performed in multiple postgenocide and postconflict settings, we suggest that learning about moral exemplars effectively regulates intergroup relations by enabling forgiveness and contact after mass atrocities.

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Section: Relational and Emotional Obstacles To Reconciliationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Appealing to Moral Exemplars: Shared Perception of Morality as an Essential Ingredient of Intergroup Reconciliation

Čehajić‐Clancy

Bilewicz

2020

Social Issues Policy Review

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“…However, recent research has revealed that moral judgments – rather than competence judgments – are central in the impressions people form of other individuals and groups (Brambilla and Leach, in press; Goodwin, Piazza and Rozin, ). Evaluations of other people's morality (rather than their competence) also dominate behavioural responses towards them, such as the willingness to approach and help rather than avoiding and ignoring them (for overviews, see Brambilla and Leach, in press; Pagliaro, ). Accordingly, in contexts where morality (e.g.…”

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Does It Pay to Be Moral? How Indicators of Morality and Competence Enhance Organizational and Work Team Attractiveness

Prooijen

Ellemers

2014

British J of Management

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Based on a social identity analysis, the authors argue that people are attracted to teams and organizations with positive features. Such features can refer to the competence and achievements of the organization, or to its moral values and ethical conduct. However, in work contexts, ethics and achievements do not necessarily go together. The paper reports three studies that examine the relative and combined impact of perceived competence vs morality of a team or organization on its attractiveness to individuals. Study 1 (n = 44) reveals that students prefer to seek employment in a moral rather than a competent organization, when forced to choose between these organizational features on a bipolar scale. Study 2 (n = 100) replicates these findings in a design where the competence and morality of a fictitious organization were manipulated orthogonally. Study 3 (n = 89) examines responses to experimental task teams that systematically differed from each other in their competence and morality. Results of all three studies converge to demonstrate that the perceived morality of the team or organization has a greater impact on its attractiveness to individuals than its perceived competence. The authors discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

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“…One dimension that appears to be important in such ingroup and outgroup evaluations is morality. By now, several studies have shown that perceptions of morality, rather than sociability or competence have primacy in evaluating others (e.g., Pagliaro, 2012) and in forming perceptions about outgroups (e.g., Brambilla, Sacchi, Pagliaro, & Ellemers, 2013). For instance, research has revealed that moral traits are dominant in face-perception playing a key role in interpersonal impression formation (Goodwin, Piazza, & Rozin, 2014).…”

Section: Morality and Group Perceptionsmentioning

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Perceptions of shared morality as an important socio-psychological mechanism for finding the common ground

Čehajić‐Clancy

2020

Soc. Psychol. Bull.

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When we think of human history, it is easy to conclude that violent conflicts are unavoidable. Furthermore, in remembering history, we usually recall violent times and are less likely to remember peaceful societal change. Given the way we remember our history, it is easy to lose sight of the existence of peaceful conflict resolutions or other positive societal changes. The Polish Round Table Talks (RT) that took place in 1989 at times of growing political and economic instabilities serve as an example of peaceful and effective negotiation between two opposing and, one might argue, exclusive ideologies. These talks resulted in an agreement between the Communist government of Poland and the opposition movement Solidarity and paved the road towards the present, democratic and independent Polish state. In this commentary I am going to extrapolate some important socio-psychological mechanisms in the light of contributions made by Janusz Reykowski and Janusz Grzelak - both social psychologists. More specifically, I would like to discuss a specific perception of the other negotiating partner that was activated, formed and maintained during the negotiation, which facilitated the successful outcome. I will argue that the perception of shared morality (perceptions of similarity between the in-group and the out-group on the dimension of morality) was an important socio-psychological mechanism that enabled a stream of other positive psychological processes such as development of trust, as well as cooperative and common-oriented goal tendencies.

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On the relevance of morality in social psychology: An introduction to a virtual special issue

Cited by 18 publications

References 39 publications

Appealing to Moral Exemplars: Shared Perception of Morality as an Essential Ingredient of Intergroup Reconciliation

Appealing to Moral Exemplars: Shared Perception of Morality as an Essential Ingredient of Intergroup Reconciliation

Does It Pay to Be Moral? How Indicators of Morality and Competence Enhance Organizational and Work Team Attractiveness

Perceptions of shared morality as an important socio-psychological mechanism for finding the common ground

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