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High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization
Kirkland, K.; Van Lange, P. A. M.; Gorenz, D.; Blake, K.; Amiot, C. E.; Ausmees, L.; Baguma, P.; Barry, O.; Becker, M.; Bilewicz, M.; Boonyasiriwat, W.Throughout the 21st century, economic inequality is predicted to increase as we face new challenges, from changes in the technological landscape to the growing climate crisis. It is crucial we understand how these changes in inequality may affect how people think and behave. We propose that economic inequality threatens the social fabric of society, in turn increasing moralization—that is, the greater tendency ...
Measurement invariance of the moral vitalism scale across 28 cultural groups
Rudnev, M.; Vauclair, C.-M.; Aminihajibashi, S.; Becker, M.; Bilewicz, M.; Castellanos Guevara, J. L.; Collier-Baker, E.; Crespo, C.; Eastwick, P.Moral vitalism refers to a tendency to view good and evil as actual forces that can influence people and events. The Moral Vitalism Scale had been designed to assess moral vitalism in a brief survey form. Previous studies established the reliability and validity of the scale in US-American and Australian samples. In this study, the cross-cultural comparability of the scale was tested across 28 different cultura...
Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism
Bastian, B.; Vauclair, C.- M.; Loughnan, S.; Bain, P.; Ashokkumar, A.; Becker, M.; Bilewicz, M.; Collier-Baker, E.; Crespo, C.; Eastwickm, P. E.Pathogens represent a significant threat to human health leading to the emergence of strategies designed to help manage their negative impact. We examined how spiritual beliefs developed to explain and predict the devastating effects of pathogens and spread of infectious disease. Analysis of existing data in studies 1 and 2 suggests that moral vitalism (beliefs about spiritual forces of evil) is higher in geogr...