A lack of material resources causes harsher moral judgments

• Main Authors: PITESA, Marko, THAU, Stefan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: material resources; moral psychology; poverty; moral transgressions; income; threat; morality; moral judgments; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4948; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5947/viewcontent/LackMaterialResourcesHarshMoralJudgements_pitesa_thau_2014_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the research presented here, we tested the idea that a lack of material resources (e.g., low income) causes people to make harsher moral judgments because a lack of material resources is associated with a lower ability to cope with the effects of others' harmful behavior. Consistent with thi...