Pathologies of moral cognition

“好人最后才死”这句话抓住了道德认知使我们容易受到剥削的思想。本项目旨在通过调查道德认知的三个方面来检验这一假设，这些方面可能导致我们形成错误的信念或使我们容易受到他人的操纵：我们对惩罚的信念;我们对群体的认同倾向;以及我们信任他人的意愿。该项目旨在对道德行为可能产生有害副作用的情况进行实证调查;它还需要进行理论分析，以提高我们构建合作和惩罚行为的强大理论的能力。

The saying "Nice guys finish last" captures the thought that moral cognition makes us vulnerable to exploitation. This project aims to examine this hypothesis by investigating three aspects of moral cognition that might lead us to form false beliefs or render us vulnerable to manipulation by others: our beliefs about punishment; our tendency to identify with groups; and our willingness to trust others. The project is designed to involve empirical investigation of the circumstances in which moral behaviour can have harmful side-effects; it also entails theoretical analysis intended to improve our ability to construct robust theories of cooperative and punitive behaviour.