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Moral typecasting: Divergent perceptions of moral agents and moral patients.

2009· article· en· 533 citations· W2049520464 on OpenAlex· 10.1037/a0013748

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Abstract

Moral agency is the capacity to do right or wrong, whereas moral patiency is the capacity to be a target of right or wrong. Through 7 studies, the authors explored moral typecasting-an inverse relation between perceptions of moral agency and moral patiency. Across a range of targets and situations, good- and evil-doers (moral agents) were perceived to be less vulnerable to having good and evil done to them. The recipients of good and evil (moral patients), in turn, were perceived as less capable of performing good or evil actions. Moral typecasting stems from the dyadic nature of morality and explains curious effects such as people's willingness to inflict greater pain on those who do good than those who do nothing.

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Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Topic
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Field
Neuroscience
Canadian institutions
Funders
National Institute of Mental HealthSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CanadaInstitute for Humane Studies, George Mason University
Keywords
MoralityPsychologyMoral disengagementSocial psychologyMoral agencySocial cognitive theory of moralityMoral developmentMoral psychologyMoral reasoningAgency (philosophy)PerceptionMoral authorityNothingEpistemologyPhilosophy
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