The accidental transgressor: Morally-relevant theory of mind

Killen, Melanie; Mulvey, Kelly Lynn; Richardson, Cameron; Jampol, Noah Simon; Woodward, Amanda L.

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2011.01.006

Cited by 293 publications

(441 citation statements)

References 47 publications

(74 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

388

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…These emotions developmentally presuppose at least a basic understanding of the other's mind and understanding about why it is wrong to break moral norms of fairness, justice, and care (Malti & Ongley, 2013;Malti & Keller, 2010). Research has Developmental Perspective 6 provided evidence for the role of morally relevant thought in making moral judgments (e.g., the intentions of an actor; Leslie, Knobe, & Cohen, 2006;Killen, Mulvey, Richardson, Jampol, & Woodward, 2011). Furthermore, neuroscience research has documented that emotion and cognition are inherently connected in moral situations in the brain (Blair & Fowler, 2008;Decety, Michalska, & Kinzler, 2012).…”

Section: What Are Moral Emotions?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Developmental Perspective on Moral Emotions

Malti

Dys

2013

Topoi

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article outlines a developmental approach to the study of moral emotions. Specifically, we describe our developmental model on moral emotions, one in which emotions and cognitions about morality get increasingly integrated and coordinated with development, while acknowledging inter-individual variation in developmental trajectories across the lifespan. We begin with a conceptual clarification of the concept of moral emotions. After a brief review of our own developmental approach to the study of moral emotions, we provide a selective summary of the developmental literature on negatively and positively valenced moral emotions, and describe a recent line of developmental research on the anticipation of negatively and positively valenced moral emotions in multifaceted contexts of social exclusion and inclusion. Next, we describe what it means to take a developmental perspective on moral emotions. Finally, we provide some preliminary conclusions and recommendations for future work to the developmental study of moral emotions. AbstractThis article outlines a developmental approach to the study of moral emotions.

show abstract

Section: What Are Moral Emotions?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Developmental Perspective on Moral Emotions

Malti

Dys

2013

Topoi

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Considering that children of this age reliably use information about intentions when judging whether an actor is blameworthy for a harmful action (Cushman et al 2013;Killen et al 2011; Leslie et al 2006), it is plausible 1 that these divergent moral judgments are driven by divergent intention attributions. Thus, in both of these studies, knowledge of an actor's race seems to bias participants' mental-state attributions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stereotypes, theory of mind, and the action–prediction hierarchy

Westra

2017

Synthese

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Both mindreading and stereotyping are forms of social cognition that play a pervasive role in our everyday lives, yet too little attention has been paid to the question of how these two processes are related. This paper offers a theory of the influence of stereotyping on mental-state attribution that draws on hierarchical predictive coding accounts of action prediction. It is argued that the key to understanding the relation between stereotyping and mindreading lies in the fact that stereotypes centrally involve character-trait attributions, which play a systematic role in the action-prediction hierarchy. On this view, when we apply a stereotype to an individual, we rapidly attribute to her a cluster of generic character traits on the basis of her perceived social group membership. These traits are then used to make inferences about that individual's likely beliefs and desires, which in turn inform inferences about her behavior.

show abstract

“…For example, children who have not passed the test of false beliefs are more likely to punish someone who is accidentally wrong (Killen et al, 2011). The authors have created such a research indicator in the field: morally-relevant false belief theory of mind (Motomit).…”

Section: The Link Between Theory Of Mind and Ethics; Some Argumentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Theory of Mind over Ethics and Law; Few Arguments

Rotilă¹

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Due to the situation in a social context, the theory of mind (ToM) has inevitably moral coordinates. Even if it is formatted in the context of evolution, having the character of a survival strategy, it is shaped by ethical vectors as well. In Law there are two institutions whose existence is based on a ToM: negligence and intention and in both cases operated the presumption of the ability to know what was in the mind of the person at the time of committing an illegal act or of the intent of this type. Both situations presume the ability of an adequate ToM capable of understanding a person's mental states. The demonstration of ToM legal role is the proof of its moral role; the discussions about the ToM have significant consequences for ethics. If we admit that ethics is based on the ToM as a mediator of relations with the other, we can consider that the space of ethics is open by every appeal to a ToM. If we accept the access in varying degrees to an adequate ToM and if we also accept the role of the ToM in the knowledge and moral behaviour, then the access to the theory of mind becomes an important variable for morality. If the access to an adequate ToM is dependent on the cognitive abilities and if the competence in the development of the ToM has a significant impact on moral behaviour, the cognitive development is an essential variable of moral competence.

show abstract

The accidental transgressor: Morally-relevant theory of mind

Cited by 293 publications

References 47 publications

A Developmental Perspective on Moral Emotions

A Developmental Perspective on Moral Emotions

Stereotypes, theory of mind, and the action–prediction hierarchy

The Impact of Theory of Mind over Ethics and Law; Few Arguments

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About