A Cultural Look at Moral Purity: Wiping the Face Clean

Morality is associated with bodily purity in the custom of many societies. Does that imply moral purity is a universal psychological phenomenon? Empirically, it has never been examined, as all prior experimental data came from Western samples. Theoretically, we suggest the answer is not so straightf...

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Main Authors: Spike W. S. eLee, Honghong eTang, Jing eWan, Xiaoqin eMai, Chao eLiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00577/full