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- Title
Moral judgment toward relationship betrayals and those who commit them.
- Authors
SELTERMAN, D. Y. L. A. N.; MOORS, A. M. Y. C.; KOLEVA, S. P. A. S. S. E. N. A.
- Abstract
Abstract: In three experimental studies (total N = 1,056), we examined moral judgments toward relationship betrayals, and how these judgments depended on whether characters and their actions were perceived to be pure and loyal compared to the level of harm caused. In Studies 1 and 2, the focus was on confessing a betrayal, whereas in Study 3, the focus was on the act of sexual infidelity. Perceptions of harm/care were inconsistently and less strongly associated with moral judgment toward the behavior or the character, relative to perceptions of purity and loyalty, which emerged as key predictors of moral judgment across all studies. Our findings demonstrate that a diversity of cognitive factors play a key role in the moral perception of relationship betrayals.
- Subjects
MORAL judgment; SENSORY perception; LOYALTY; PURITY (Philosophy); INFIDELITY (Couples)
- Publication
Personal Relationships, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
1350-4126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pere.12228