TY - JOUR
PY - 2016//
TI - Wrongness in different relationships: relational context effects on moral judgment
JO - Journal of social psychology
A1 - Simpson, Ain
A1 - Laham, Simon
A1 - Fiske, Alan Page
SP - 594
EP - 609
VL - 156
IS - 6
N2 - Morality primarily serves social-relational functions. However, little research in moral psychology investigates how relational factors impact moral judgment, and a theoretically grounded approach to such investigations is lacking. We used Relational Models Theory and Moral Foundations Theory to explore how varying actor-victim relationships impacts judgment of different types of moral violations. Across three studies, using a diverse range of moral violations and varying the experimental design, relational context substantially influenced third-party judgment of moral violations, and typically independent of several factors strongly associated with moral judgment.
RESULTS lend novel but mixed support to Relationship Regulation Theory, and provide some novel implications for Moral Foundations Theory. These studies highlight the importance of relational factors in moral psychology, and provide guidelines for exploring how relational factors might shape moral judgment.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0022-4545 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1140118 ID - ref1 ER -