The Mark of the Moral: Modelling the Moralisation as an Interaction of Group- and Individual-LevelProcesse

道德的标志：将道德化建模为群体和个人层面过程的相互作用

• 批准号: 2886763
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2886763
• 关键词: Mark; Moral; Modelling; Moralisation; Interaction

This project aims to improve our understanding of how people come to moralise behaviours that previously had no moral status; that is, how we come to see eating meat or wearing a mask as moral issues. What initiates such moralisation processes, and how does it spread through society? To date, moral psychology research has focused on how people make moral decisions, and the consequences of moralisation, (e.g., riots or altruistic behaviour). However, we know little about how behaviours initially become seen as moral, how social context affects this, and the additional consequences of combining factors affecting groups and individuals.During my PhD, I will develop and test a framework of moralisation that combines exactly social and individual-level factors. First, I will conduct a systematic examination of existing research using the PRISMA framework to inform the framework and clarify unanswered questions. Secondly, I will develop a computational model of factors contributing to moralisation in two steps: (a) individual-level factors with probabilistic graph modelling and (b) social factors as an agent-based model. These models will make exact predictions about the processes of moralisation. I will subsequently test some of these predictions in an online experiment which isolates the effect of each component (social and individual-level factors) and their interaction.This project will bridge individual- and group-focused approaches to studying morality, offering novel insights into the psychological processes of moralisation. This work will inform theories, helping to understand how and why moral status is assigned (and why not). Furthermore, this work may inform policymakers on how to curb moral polarisation and conflict, and how and when to anticipate sudden emergences of moral feelings (e.g., towards mask-wearing to ensure the safety of others).

这个项目旨在提高我们对人们如何将以前没有道德地位的行为道德化的理解；也就是，我们如何将吃肉或戴面具视为道德问题。是什么启动了这样的道德化过程，它是如何在社会上传播的？到目前为止，道德心理学研究的重点是人们如何做出道德决定，以及道德化的后果(例如，骚乱或利他行为)。然而，我们对行为最初是如何被视为道德的，社会环境如何影响这一点，以及综合影响群体和个人的因素的额外后果知之甚少。在我的博士学位期间，我将开发和测试一个完全结合社会和个人层面因素的道德化框架。首先，我将使用PRISMA框架对现有研究进行系统检查，以告知该框架并澄清未回答的问题。其次，我将分两步开发一个影响道德化的因素的计算模型：(A)个人层面的因素，采用概率图建模；(B)社会因素，作为基于主体的模型。这些模型将对道德化的过程做出准确的预测。随后，我将在一个在线实验中测试其中一些预测，该实验分离出每个组成部分(社会和个人层面的因素)的影响及其相互作用。这个项目将架起以个人和群体为中心的道德研究方法的桥梁，为道德化的心理过程提供新的见解。这项工作将为理论提供信息，帮助理解道德地位是如何分配的，为什么分配(以及为什么不分配)。此外，这项工作可能会让决策者了解如何遏制道德两极分化和冲突，以及如何以及何时预见道德情感的突然出现(例如，戴面具以确保他人的安全)。