Title
Effects of suboptimally presented erotic pictures on moral judgments: A cross-cultural comparison
Date Issued
01 July 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Corradi G.
Villacampa J.
Martí-Vilar M.
Arango O.E.
Rosselló J.
Universidad Católica Luis Amigó Medellín
Publisher(s)
Public Library of Science
Abstract
Previous research has identified a set of core factors that influence moral judgments. The present study addresses the interplay between moral judgments and four factors: (a) incidental affects, (b) sociocultural context, (c) type of dilemma, and (d) participant's sex. We asked participants in two different countries (Colombia and Spain) to judge the acceptability of actions in response to personal and impersonal moral dilemmas. Before each dilemma an affective prime (erotic, pleasant or neutral pictures) was presented suboptimally. Our results show that: a) relative to neutral priming, erotic primes increase the acceptance of harm for a greater good (i.e., more utilitarian judgments), b) relative to Colombians, Spanish participants rated causing harm as less acceptable, c) relative to impersonal dilemmas, personal dilemmas reduced the acceptance of harm, and d) relative to men, women were less likely to consider harm acceptable. Our results are congruent with findings showing that sex is a crucial factor in moral cognition, and they extend previous research by showing the interaction between culture and incidental factors in the making of moral judgments.
Volume
11
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología Ciencias sociales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84978151486
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS ONE
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by the research project FFI2013-44007-P funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of the Spanish Government ( http://www.mineco.gob.es ).We would also like to acknowledge Astrid Restrepo, Juliana Medina, Laura Betancur, Luisa Barrientos, Luis Felipe Sarmiento and Arnau Centelles for help in the experimental procedures. We also thank Gordon Ingram and Marcos Nadal for their helpful comments.
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