Consistent belief in a good true self in misanthropes and three interdependent cultures

• Main Authors: De Freitas, Julian, Sarkissian, Hagop, Newman, George E., Grossmann, Igor, De Brigard, Felipe, Luco, Andrés Carlos, Knobe, Joshua
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::General; Social Cognition; Concepts
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88648; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48027
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

People sometimes explain behavior by appealing to an essentialist concept of the self, often referred to as the true self. Existing studies suggest that people tend to believe that the true self is morally virtuous; that is deep inside, every person is motivated to behave in morally good ways. Is th...