Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing

We studied effect of implicit theories of morality on moral licensing. Entity theorists (believing morality is fixed) showed stable tendency to praise their future moral deeds after recall of moral or immoral behaviors. Incremental theorists (believing in malleable morality) perceived future moral d...

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Main Authors: Franc, Michal, TONG, Yuk Yue (Jennifer)
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-28642015-04-14T08:06:06Z Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing Franc, Michal TONG, Yuk Yue (Jennifer) We studied effect of implicit theories of morality on moral licensing. Entity theorists (believing morality is fixed) showed stable tendency to praise their future moral deeds after recall of moral or immoral behaviors. Incremental theorists (believing in malleable morality) perceived future moral deeds as less praise-worthy after immoral behavior recall. 2014-05-22T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1607 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Social Psychology
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Social Psychology
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Franc, Michal
TONG, Yuk Yue (Jennifer)
Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing
description We studied effect of implicit theories of morality on moral licensing. Entity theorists (believing morality is fixed) showed stable tendency to praise their future moral deeds after recall of moral or immoral behaviors. Incremental theorists (believing in malleable morality) perceived future moral deeds as less praise-worthy after immoral behavior recall.
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author Franc, Michal
TONG, Yuk Yue (Jennifer)
author_facet Franc, Michal
TONG, Yuk Yue (Jennifer)
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title Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing
title_short Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing
title_full Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing
title_fullStr Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing
title_full_unstemmed Implicit Theories of Morality and Moral Licensing
title_sort implicit theories of morality and moral licensing
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2014
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1607
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