The target of harm/help and its effect on moral credits.

Moral licensing and moral cleansing are phenomena illustrating that people’s behaviours are due to an inflation or deflation of their self-concepts following a moral act or a transgression respectively. Building on research on these two moral self-regulation processes, this paper sought to find out...

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Main Author: Choo, Xin Ling.
Other Authors: Lee Sau-Lai
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-451322019-12-10T11:43:23Z The target of harm/help and its effect on moral credits. Choo, Xin Ling. Lee Sau-Lai School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology Moral licensing and moral cleansing are phenomena illustrating that people’s behaviours are due to an inflation or deflation of their self-concepts following a moral act or a transgression respectively. Building on research on these two moral self-regulation processes, this paper sought to find out if these two phenomena are moderated by reciprocity towards the target at which their initial behaviour was directed. It was predicted that reciprocity would be a moderator but results yielded were not significant and therefore not conclusive. Bachelor of Arts 2011-06-09T04:42:27Z 2011-06-09T04:42:27Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45132 en Nanyang Technological University 39 p. application/pdf
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Choo, Xin Ling.
The target of harm/help and its effect on moral credits.
description Moral licensing and moral cleansing are phenomena illustrating that people’s behaviours are due to an inflation or deflation of their self-concepts following a moral act or a transgression respectively. Building on research on these two moral self-regulation processes, this paper sought to find out if these two phenomena are moderated by reciprocity towards the target at which their initial behaviour was directed. It was predicted that reciprocity would be a moderator but results yielded were not significant and therefore not conclusive.
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title The target of harm/help and its effect on moral credits.
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