Coalitionality shapes moral elevation: evidence from the U.S. Black Lives Matter protest and counter-protest movements

Witnessing altruistic behaviour can elicit moral elevation, an emotion that motivates prosocial cooperation. This emotion is evoked more strongly when the observer anticipates that other people will be reciprocally cooperative. Coalitionality should therefore moderate feelings of elevation, as wheth...

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Main Authors: Colin Holbrook, Daniel M. T. Fessler, Adam Maxwell Sparks, Devin L. Johnson, Theodore Samore, Lawrence I. Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2023-03-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220990