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morality

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Morality
-a psychological state that deems acts as immoral and wrong
-motivates punishment toward the immoral individual
-can be turned on and off
-comes with feeling of righteousness
-want others to support
we are ___ for morality
programmed (6mo old)
social intutionist model
people don't use moral reasoning, but moral rationalizing
moral dumbfounding
inability to initially explain why certain behaviors are wrong
-start with answer from unconscious, then work backwards to come up with plausible justification
two types of people in moral dilemmas
utilitarians and deontologists
utalitarians
-minimalism harm, maximize outcomes
-focus on outcomes
-chose to throw lever/ push fat man
-rational
Deontologists
-do not harm
-focus on actions
-chose not to throw level/ push fat man
-affective
moral licensing
past moral behavior makes people more likely to do potentially immoral things without worrying about feeling or appearing immoral
What are the two theories of moral licensing?
1. moral credentials
2. moral credits
moral credentials
-re-frames immoral behavior as not a transgression
moral credits
good deeds establish moral credits that can be "withdrawn " to "purchase" the right to do bad deeds
Morning Morality Effect
people behave more unethically in the afternoon compared to morning
-b/c self regulatory resources become depleted as the day goes on
-b/c less self control to behave morally in the afternoon
moral foundations theory
a theory proposing that there are five evolved, universal moral domains in which specific emotions guide moral judgments
-harm
-fairness
-group loyalty
-authority
-purity
-liberty?
harm/care
wrong to harm another person or animal
fairness/cheating
focus on karma; on people getting what they put into a situation
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