Considering Victims' Minds in the Evaluation of Harmful Agents' Moral Standing

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Cognition Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI:10.1521/soco.2021.39.4.489

Hironori Akechi, J. Hietanen

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Abstract

An agent's moral standing is considered as depending on the agent's mind and their harmfulness toward a victim, but a victim's mind and species may also matter. To examine whether a victim's species (i.e., human or another) and a victim's mind are considered in the judgment of a harmful agent's moral standing, the present study modulated the mental capacities of an imaginary species. Only humans' suffering was considered when the other species' mental capacities were presumed to be low (Study 1), but humans' and the other species' suffering were equally considered when the other species had mental capacities that were presumed to be equivalent to those of humans (Study 2). The results suggest that our judgments of the moral standing of an agent 1) depend not only on the agent's mind but also on the victim's mind and 2) are not human species-oriented but human mind-oriented.

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有害主体道德地位评价中的受害者心理思考

代理人的道德地位被认为取决于代理人的思想及其对受害者的伤害，但受害者的思想和物种也可能很重要。为了检验在判断有害因素的道德地位时是否考虑了受害者的物种（即人类或其他物种）和受害者的心理，本研究调节了想象物种的心理能力。当其他物种的心智能力被认为较低时，只考虑人类的痛苦（研究1），但当其他物种具有与人类相当的心智能力时，人类和其他物种的痛苦同样被考虑（研究2）。结果表明，我们对代理人道德地位的判断1）不仅取决于代理人的心理，还取决于受害者的心理；2）不是以人类物种为导向，而是以人类心理为导向。

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Social Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on empirical research, self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception. Three broad concerns define the scope of the journal: - The processes underlying the perception, memory, and judgment of social stimuli - The effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information The behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.