Power triggers moral reasoning aligned with active goals and moral flexibility across contexts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21391959 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mufan Zheng (0000-0001-5927-766X, Department of Psychology Wuhan University Wuhan China), Ana Guinote (0000-0002-4226-7833, Department of Experiment Psychology University College London London UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 339-351 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12888 |
| PMID | 36539937 |
| OpenAlex | W4312065278 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 65 |
Three experiments tested the hypothesis that power elicits moral judgments in line with active goals, and moral flexibility across different contexts. Power and goals emanating from the mission associated with power were experimentally manipulated: person‐centered mission, which benefits from outcome‐focus, or regulation‐centered mission, which benefits from rule‐based focus. Power consistently elicited rule‐based (deontological) moral reasoning under regulation‐centered goals. However, power triggered outcome‐based (utilitarian) moral reasoning under person‐centered goals. Power enhanced goal serving morality due to greater goal commitment, with focal goal commitment mediating the interactive effects of power and focal goal on moral judgments. These findings show that the links between power and morality are context sensitive, flexible, and mediated by a greater commitment to active goals
Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Flexibility (engineering) · Microeconomics · Moral disengagement · Moral reasoning · Morality · Outcome (game theory) · Power (physics) · Social cognitive theory of morality · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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