DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Moral Relativism, Hard Wired, Emotional Contagion
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Accounts for the stability of moral identity as an individual difference: two dimensions of moral identity: = performance of good deeds that help others via lessening their suffering or improving their welfare. Less charitable when beneficiaries are responsible for the won plight. Internalization primacy principle (ipp): first part states that moral identity internalization has a stronger impact than symbolization on individuals" reactions to cues in their social environment when they contemplate engaging in prescriptive moral behaviors. Internalization rather than symbolization also shapes individual"s susceptibility to threats to their moral credentials and their attentiveness to information about the. Oct 1st 2017 beneficiaries of their good deeds: second part is that moral identity symbolization is more likely to shape individuals" reactions to situational cues when their moral identity internalization is low. = focuses on inhibiting motivations to commit harmful or immoral acts.
