Making moral principles suit yourself.

Autor: Stanley ML; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA. matthew.stanley@duke.edu., Henne P; Department of Philosophy, Neuroscience Program, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, USA., Niemi L; Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences; Management and Organizations, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA., Sinnott-Armstrong W; Department of Philosophy, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Law School, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA., De Brigard F; Department of Philosophy, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychonomic bulletin & review [Psychon Bull Rev] 2021 Oct; Vol. 28 (5), pp. 1735-1741. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 04.
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-021-01935-8
Abstrakt: Normative ethical theories and religious traditions offer general moral principles for people to follow. These moral principles are typically meant to be fixed and rigid, offering reliable guides for moral judgment and decision-making. In two preregistered studies, we found consistent evidence that agreement with general moral principles shifted depending upon events recently accessed in memory. After recalling their own personal violations of moral principles, participants agreed less strongly with those very principles-relative to participants who recalled events in which other people violated the principles. This shift in agreement was explained, in part, by people's willingness to excuse their own moral transgressions, but not the transgressions of others. These results have important implications for understanding the roles memory and personal identity in moral judgment. People's commitment to moral principles may be maintained when they recall others' past violations, but their commitment may wane when they recall their own violations.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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