Opposing torture: Moral conviction and resistance to majority influence
Opposing torture: Moral conviction and resistance to majority influence
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DOI：
10.1080/15534510.2011.640199
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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1.7
通讯作者：
Skitka, Linda J.
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作者：
Aramovich, Nicholas P.;Lytle, Brad L.;Skitka, Linda J.
尽管几乎所有的社会和道德体系都谴责使用酷刑，尽管最近对阿布格莱布和关塔那摩湾的虐待行为感到愤怒，但超过一半的美国人支持在审讯恐怖分子嫌疑人时使用酷刑。此外，公众越来越支持使用酷刑（Sidoti，2009年）。本研究测试的作用，人们的道德信念，反对使用酷刑，抵制符合大多数同龄人谁支持使用酷刑时，审讯恐怖分子嫌疑人。从阿什启发的一致性范式的结果表明，在控制其他指标的态度强度，道德信念的力量唯一预测的程度，人们表示反对酷刑公开和私下。的影响进行了讨论。
Even though nearly every society and moral system condemns the use of torture, and despite recent outrage about abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, over half of Americans support the use of torture when interrogating suspected terrorists. Moreover, public support for the use of torture is increasing (Sidoti, 2009). The present study tested the role of people's moral convictions against the use of torture in resisting conforming to a majority of peers who supported the use torture when interrogating suspected terrorists. Results from an Asch-inspired conformity paradigm indicated that after controlling for other indices of attitude strength, strength of moral conviction uniquely predicted the extent that people expressed opposition to torture both publicly and privately. Implications are discussed.