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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Moral cognition"”.
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Moral cognition: An interdisciplinary investigation of judgment versus action
In the past, experiments on human morality have predominantly utilised theoretical moral dilemmas to shed light on the nature of moral judgment. However, little attention has been given to determining how these judgments might translate into moral actions. In this thesis, I utilised novel and …
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Biofunctional embodiment of moral development: the impact of affect, moral cognition, maturation and experience playing sports on acceptance of aggression in sports by Italian adolescents
… was to examine the relationships between moral judgments, affect, moral disengagement, general aggression, and the self-reported attitudes toward the acceptance of aggression in sports among Italian adolescents. Several research questions guided this investigation: 1) Can moral …
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Component Neural Networks of Morality
<p>Moral cognition represents a foundational faculty of the human species. Our sense of morality develops beginning at a very young age, and its dysfunction can lead to devastating mental disorders. Given its central importance, it has fittingly garnered the attention of thinkers throughout the …
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Evaluative Mind: Extraneous Influences on Morality, Aesthetics, and Perception
… I focus on two kinds of evaluative states: <em>moral evaluation</em> and <em>aesthetic evaluation</em>. I use the domain of morality to explore the impact of emotions on moral value. I use the domain of art to explore influence of spatial features such as size and position, as well as …
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Gross Gods and Icky Atheism: Disgust Responses to Rejected Religious Beliefs
… the maintenance and protection of physical and moral purity (Rozin, Lowery, Imada, & Haidt, 1999b). Using a repeated taste-test paradigm, the present research extends recent work on moral cognition by investigating disgust reactions to rejected religious beliefs. In Experiment 1, Christian …
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Fairness expectations in the first year of life
… fairness is part of the basic structure of human moral cognition. Second, this expectation can at first be observed only under simple conditions, and speculations are offered as to why this might be the case.
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"Mine" or "Ours": Property and Moral Reasoning
… long-standing empirical questions about human morality arising from the critical sociological tradition. It examines, in social-psychological terms, the theoretical contention that systems of ownership predicated on exclusionary conceptions of what is “mine” and/or “ours” causes people to …
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Understanding Ethical Leadership in Intelligence: Themes in Accountability, Self-Development, and Communication Among CIA Leaders
… analysis of participant narratives, themes of moral cognition, personal values, and leadership strategies emerge, highlighting the nuanced interplay between individual ethics and organizational imperatives. One key finding is the emphasis placed by former CIA leaders on the importance of …
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Early reasoning about moral obligations and rights
… should act toward others, and that this early moral reasoning is guided by at least four moral principles: fairness, harm avoidance, ingroup support and authority. For example, infants expect an individual to divide windfall resources equally between similar recipients (e.g., Buyukozer-Dawkins, …
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Toward an Objective Measure of Moral Development for Children
<p>Problem. Research on moral development in school-age children has been hampered by the lack of measurement tools based on a comprehensive model that includes moral cognition, moral emotions, and moral behavior. This study presents the first step toward the development of an objective measure of …
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Why Do People Spread Disinformation on Social Media? The Role of Social Identity and Perceived Morality
… whether misinformation and disinformation are morally evaluated in the context of social identity, and whether any identity-related adjustments can help explain intentions to spread the content further. Study 1 used a correlational design to explore whether degree of belief consistency …