The Link Between Self-Dehumanization and Immoral Behavior
The Link Between Self-Dehumanization and Immoral Behavior
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797618760784
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发表时间：
2018-08-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Kteily, Nour S.
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作者：
Kouchaki, Maryam;Dobson, Kyle S. H.;Kteily, Nour S.
人们认为道德是人类特有的，而不道德则代表着缺乏完整的人性。在八个实验中，我们研究了不道德行为和自我去人性化之间的联系，测试了(a)不道德行为对自我去人性化的因果作用和(b)自我去人性化对不道德行为的因果作用。研究1a至1d表明，人们在做出不道德行为后会觉得自己不那么像人，而且这些影响不是由负面经历造成的，而是不道德经历所特有的（研究1d）。研究2a至2c表明，自我非人化会导致不道德和反社会行为。研究3强调了自我去人性化有时如何产生不道德的恶性循环，表明最初的不道德行为导致自我去人性化，这反过来又促进了持续的不诚实。这些结果表明了自我非人化与不道德行为之间的明确关系，并扩展了先前关于非人化的理论。
People perceive morality to be distinctively human, with immorality representing a lack of full humanness. In eight experiments, we examined the link between immorality and self-dehumanization, testing both (a) the causal role of immoral behavior on self-dehumanization and (b) the causal role of self-dehumanization on immoral behavior. Studies 1a to 1d showed that people feel less human after behaving immorally and that these effects were not driven by having a negative experience but were unique to experiences of immorality (Study 1d). Studies 2a to 2c showed that self-dehumanization can lead to immoral and antisocial behavior. Study 3 highlighted how self-dehumanization can sometimes produce downward spirals of immorality, demonstrating initial unethical behavior leading to self-dehumanization, which in turn promotes continued dishonesty. These results demonstrate a clear relationship between self-dehumanization and unethical behavior, and they extend previous theorizing on dehumanization.