Attribution of undesirable character traits, rather than trait-based dehumanization, predicts punishment decisions
Previous work has reported that the extent to which participants dehumanized criminals by denying them uniquely human character traits such as refinement, rationality and morality predicted the severity of the punishment endorsed for them. We revisit this influential finding across six highly powere...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240087 |