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The good child, the virtuous professor and me : moral judgement in a social context
| Resumo: | Haidt’s (2001) Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgment not only claims for the prevalence of intuitive (deontological) over reasoned (utilitarian) judgments but also for the importance of social influence. However, the latter (i.e., social influence in moral judgment) has been seldom investigated. This is unfortunate since we rarely make moral judgments in a social vacuum but rather in interaction with others. Aiming to change this, we explored the impact of others’ moral judgments on one’s own judgments. By manipulating the perceived moral competence of the “other” (e.g., a Child vs. a Professor) and the moral orientation (deontological or utilitarian) of others’ responses, we tested the prediction that participants (N=151) would show more agreement with high competence sources and sources that share their moral orientation; and give moral judgements accordingly. Results confirmed some of the predictions, namely the effect of the competence of the source on agreement and showed other effects of social context on participant’s moral judgements. |
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| Autores principais: | Amaral, André Ricardo |
| Assunto: | Julgamento moral Contexto social Influência social Tomada de decisão Teses de mestrado - 2020 |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Haidt’s (2001) Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgment not only claims for the prevalence of intuitive (deontological) over reasoned (utilitarian) judgments but also for the importance of social influence. However, the latter (i.e., social influence in moral judgment) has been seldom investigated. This is unfortunate since we rarely make moral judgments in a social vacuum but rather in interaction with others. Aiming to change this, we explored the impact of others’ moral judgments on one’s own judgments. By manipulating the perceived moral competence of the “other” (e.g., a Child vs. a Professor) and the moral orientation (deontological or utilitarian) of others’ responses, we tested the prediction that participants (N=151) would show more agreement with high competence sources and sources that share their moral orientation; and give moral judgements accordingly. Results confirmed some of the predictions, namely the effect of the competence of the source on agreement and showed other effects of social context on participant’s moral judgements. |
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