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Picturing Morality from Multidisciplinary Perspectives—Second Edition
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Picturing Morality from Multidisciplinary Perspectives—Second Edition

A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Psychology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 2998

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Dr. Chuanjun Liu

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School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Interests: behavioral ethics; moral decision-making; business ethics; moral education
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Dear Colleagues,

In 2022, we established a unique Special Issue titled “Picturing Morality from Multidisciplinary Perspectives”. This groundbreaking collection of twelve papers provided fascinating insights into a range of ethical and moral topics, including civic-moral education, ethical decision-making with AI, cheating behavior, fairness norms, social responsibility ethics, moral dilemma decision-making, moral hypocrisy, moral emotion attributions, and human identity. This exceptional compilation underscored morality’s multifaceted nature by incorporating multiple perspectives from diverse academic fields. This cutting-edge body of research sparked a wave of follow-up studies among scholars eager to further explore these critical themes.

To build upon this momentum and advance moral behavior research, we are excited to announce the second edition of our Special Issue. This latest installment is open to a diverse array of submissions, including empirical studies, reviews, meta-analyses, and brief reports. We welcome contributions from all methodologies and across all disciplines, as long as they align with our overarching theme: exploring the role of morality in human life.

Our commitment to fair and rigorous peer review ensures that all submissions receive the attention they deserve. We encourage you to seize this opportunity to contribute to the field of moral studies, so that together we can deepen our understanding of morality’s far-reaching influence on our world.

Dr. Chuanjun Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • behavioral ethics
  • moral dilemma
  • moral judgment
  • health ethics
  • business ethics
  • organizational ethics
  • moral sociology
  • moral psychology

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Moral Believer or Moral Problem-Solver? Moral Pragmatism Fosters Tolerance Without Impeding Moral Behavior
by Li Zhang, Song Tong and Kaiping Peng
Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(11), 984; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14110984 - 23 Oct 2024
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Many previous studies in moral psychology have described people as moral believers, who treat morality as universal sacred beliefs and show moral outrage and social exclusion toward people with different opinions. At the same time, moral relativism tends to make people more tolerant [...] Read more.
Many previous studies in moral psychology have described people as moral believers, who treat morality as universal sacred beliefs and show moral outrage and social exclusion toward people with different opinions. At the same time, moral relativism tends to make people more tolerant but also makes them question their own beliefs and leads to more immoral behavior. We propose moral pragmatism as an alternative, which treats morality as a tool for solving specific problems, thus making morality situational instead of universal, practical instead of sacred, and tolerant instead of exclusive. Through four empirical studies, we demonstrate that when moral issues are presented as practical problems rather than abstract beliefs, people consider morality to be less universal, treat dissidents with more tolerance and less outrage, and do not perform more immoral behavior at the same time. These findings highlight moral pragmatism as a flexible and culturally sensitive moral approach, promoting diverse moral perspectives and constructive cross-cultural discourses. Full article
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Understanding COVID-19-Related Behaviors, Worries, and Attitudes among Chinese: Roles of Personality and Severity
by Jie Liu, Chun Cao and Yanyan Zhang
Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(6), 482; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14060482 - 6 Jun 2024
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, people exhibited various forms of adjustments. This study examines how situational factors (i.e., the severity of COVID-19) and individual differences (i.e., the HEXACO traits) affect one’s COVID-19-related responses regarding behaviors (i.e., mask-wearing and hoarding), worries (i.e., worrying about infecting [...] Read more.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people exhibited various forms of adjustments. This study examines how situational factors (i.e., the severity of COVID-19) and individual differences (i.e., the HEXACO traits) affect one’s COVID-19-related responses regarding behaviors (i.e., mask-wearing and hoarding), worries (i.e., worrying about infecting and spreading COVID-19), and attitudes (i.e., discrimination and empathy toward people infecting COVID-19) in China. With a sample of 927 participants, our results show that the severity of COVID-19 was predictive of all the responses, and its predictive value was more pronounced relative to personality traits. Concerning the association between personality traits and responses, Honesty-Humility and Conscientiousness were predictive of one’s behaviors, Emotionality was predictive of one’s worries, and almost all the HEXACO traits were associated with one’s attitudes toward people infected with COVID-19. This study sheds some light on understanding how situations and individual differences shape one’s responses in a time of emergency. Full article
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Effects of Sadness and Fear on Moral Judgments in Public Emergency Events
by Mufan Zheng, Shiyao Qin and Junhua Zhao
Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(6), 468; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14060468 - 31 May 2024
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With the rapid development of society and the deteriorating natural environment, there has been an increase in public emergencies. This study aimed to explore how sadness and fear in the context of public emergencies influence moral judgments. This research first induced feelings of [...] Read more.
With the rapid development of society and the deteriorating natural environment, there has been an increase in public emergencies. This study aimed to explore how sadness and fear in the context of public emergencies influence moral judgments. This research first induced feelings of sadness and fear by using videos about public emergencies and music, and then used moral scenarios from the CNI model (C parameter: sensitivity to consequences; N parameter: sensitivity to norms; I parameter: general preference for inaction) to assess participants’ moral thinking. In Study 1, participants were divided into a sadness group and a neutral group, while in Study 2, participants were divided into a fear group and a neutral group. During the experiment, participants were exposed to different videos related to public emergencies to induce the corresponding emotions, and emotional music was continuously played throughout the entire experiment. Participants were then asked to answer questions requiring moral judgments. The results showed that based on the CNI model, sadness induced in the context of public emergencies significantly increased the C parameter, without affecting the N or I parameters. Fear increased the I parameter, without affecting the C or I parameters. That is, sadness and fear induced in the context of a public emergency can influence moral judgments. Specifically, sadness increases individuals’ sensitivity to consequences and fear increases the general preference for inaction in moral judgments. Full article
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