Franchin, L, Geipel, J, Hadjichristidis, C orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-6650 et al. (1 more author) (2019) Many moral buttons or just one? Evidence from emotional facial expressions. Cognition and Emotion, 33 (5). pp. 943-958. ISSN 0269-9931
Abstract
We investigated whether moral violations involving harm selectively elicit anger, whereas purity violations selectively elicit disgust, as predicted by the Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). We analysed participants’ spontaneous facial expressions as they listened to scenarios depicting moral violations of harm and purity. As predicted by MFT, anger reactions were elicited more frequently by harmful than by impure actions. However, violations of purity elicited more smiling reactions and expressions of anger than of disgust. This effect was found both in a classic set of scenarios and in a new set in which the different kinds of violations were matched on weirdness. Overall, these findings are at odds with predictions derived from MFT and provide support for “monist” accounts that posit harm at the basis of all moral violations. However, we found that smiles were differentially linked to purity violations, which leaves open the possibility of distinct moral modules.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Authors/Creators: |
|
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Cognition and Emotion. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Facial expression; moral judgment; moral foundations theory; harm; purity |
Dates: |
|
Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2018 09:06 |
Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2019 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02699931.2018.1520078 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:135327 |