Replicating different roles of intent across moral domains
Whether moral cognition is underpinned by distinct mental systems that process different domains of moral information (moral pluralism) is an important question for moral cognition research. The reduced importance of intent (intentional versus accidental action) when judging purity (e.g. incest), wh...
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| description | Whether moral cognition is underpinned by distinct mental systems that process different domains of moral information (moral pluralism) is an important question for moral cognition research. The reduced importance of intent (intentional versus accidental action) when judging purity (e.g. incest), when compared with harm (e.g. poisoning), moral violations is, arguably, some of the strongest experimental evidence for distinct moral systems or ‘foundations’. The experiment presented here is a replication attempt of these experimental findings. A pre-registered replication of Experiment 1B from the original article documenting this effect was conducted in a sample of N = 400 participants. Findings from this successful replication are discussed in terms of theoretical and methodological implications for approaches to moral cognition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08ca7a5c05464dc7865a86dc151dba942022-12-21T19:22:57ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032020-05-017510.1098/rsos.190808190808Replicating different roles of intent across moral domainsJoseph SweetmanGeorge A. NewmanWhether moral cognition is underpinned by distinct mental systems that process different domains of moral information (moral pluralism) is an important question for moral cognition research. The reduced importance of intent (intentional versus accidental action) when judging purity (e.g. incest), when compared with harm (e.g. poisoning), moral violations is, arguably, some of the strongest experimental evidence for distinct moral systems or ‘foundations’. The experiment presented here is a replication attempt of these experimental findings. A pre-registered replication of Experiment 1B from the original article documenting this effect was conducted in a sample of N = 400 participants. Findings from this successful replication are discussed in terms of theoretical and methodological implications for approaches to moral cognition.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190808moralitymoral domainsintentpurityharmtheory of mind |
| spellingShingle | Joseph Sweetman George A. Newman Replicating different roles of intent across moral domains Royal Society Open Science morality moral domains intent purity harm theory of mind |
| title | Replicating different roles of intent across moral domains |
| title_full | Replicating different roles of intent across moral domains |
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| title_short | Replicating different roles of intent across moral domains |
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