The Mark of the Moral: Modelling the Moralisation as an Interaction of Group- and Individual-LevelProcesse

道德的标志：将道德化建模为群体和个人层面过程的相互作用

• 批准号: 2886763
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2886763
• 关键词: Mark; Moral; Modelling; Moralisation; Interaction

This project aims to improve our understanding of how people come to moralise behaviours that previously had no moral status; that is, how we come to see eating meat or wearing a mask as moral issues. What initiates such moralisation processes, and how does it spread through society? To date, moral psychology research has focused on how people make moral decisions, and the consequences of moralisation, (e.g., riots or altruistic behaviour). However, we know little about how behaviours initially become seen as moral, how social context affects this, and the additional consequences of combining factors affecting groups and individuals.During my PhD, I will develop and test a framework of moralisation that combines exactly social and individual-level factors. First, I will conduct a systematic examination of existing research using the PRISMA framework to inform the framework and clarify unanswered questions. Secondly, I will develop a computational model of factors contributing to moralisation in two steps: (a) individual-level factors with probabilistic graph modelling and (b) social factors as an agent-based model. These models will make exact predictions about the processes of moralisation. I will subsequently test some of these predictions in an online experiment which isolates the effect of each component (social and individual-level factors) and their interaction.This project will bridge individual- and group-focused approaches to studying morality, offering novel insights into the psychological processes of moralisation. This work will inform theories, helping to understand how and why moral status is assigned (and why not). Furthermore, this work may inform policymakers on how to curb moral polarisation and conflict, and how and when to anticipate sudden emergences of moral feelings (e.g., towards mask-wearing to ensure the safety of others).

该项目旨在提高我们对人们如何采取以前没有道德地位的道德行为的理解。也就是说，我们如何看待吃肉或戴口罩作为道德问题。什么启动了这种道德化过程，它如何在社会中传播？迄今为止，道德心理学研究集中于人们如何做出道德决定和道德化的后果（例如，暴动或利他行为）。但是，我们对行为最初如何被视为道德，社会环境如何影响这一行为以及结合影响群体和个人的因素的其他后果的知识一无所知。个人级别因素。首先，我将使用PRISMA框架对现有研究进行系统的检查，以告知框架并澄清未解决的问题。其次，我将开发出有助于道德化的因素的计算模型：（a）具有概率图建模的个体水平因素，以及（b）作为基于代理的模型的社会因素。这些模型将对道德化过程做出准确的预测。我随后将在一个在线实验中测试其中一些预测，该实验隔离了每个组成部分（社会和个人水平的因素）及其相互作用。该项目将桥接个人和集体的方法来研究道德，并为研究道德，为您提供新颖的见解道德化的心理过程。这项工作将为理论提供信息，有助于了解如何和为什么分配道德地位（以及为什么）。此外，这项工作可能会告知决策者如何遏制道德两极分化和冲突，以及如何以及何时预期道德感的突然出现（例如，戴口罩以确保他人的安全）。