TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Moral Anger Is More Flexible Than Moral Disgust JO - Social psychological and personality science A1 - Russell, Pascale Sophie A1 - Giner-Sorolla, Roger SP - 360 EP - 364 VL - 2 IS - 4 N2 - The research examines whether anger rather than disgust is more likely to be responsible for changes in moral judgment, after individuals consider potential circumstances. Participants first read a scenario that described a moral violation (harm or fairness vs. purity) and then gave their initial moral judgment and emotions toward the act. They were then asked to list things that could change their opinion and were provided with an opportunity to fill out the measures again, re-evaluating the scenario with these changes in mind. It was found that ratings of disgust did not change after generating potential circumstances; however, anger changed in differential ways for the two violation types. It was also found that anger but not disgust predicted change in moral judgment. These findings suggest that moral anger is a more flexible emotion than moral disgust because anger is more likely to respond to changes in circumstances.

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