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Moral coherence processes: constructing culpability and consequences
- Source :
- Current Opinion in Psychology; December 2015, Vol. 6 Issue: 1 p123-128, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- •Explores an explanatory coherence perspective on moral reasoning.•People reverse engineer descriptive beliefs to support desired moral conclusions.•People ascribe greater culpability to actors for immoral than moral actions.•People assume immoral actions to have negative consequences and moral actions to have positive consequences.•Moral coherence processes blur the distinction between descriptive and prescriptive judgment.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2352250X
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Current Opinion in Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs36616789
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.07.016