Just wrong? Or just WEIRD? Investigating the prevalence of moral dumbfounding in non-Western samples
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McHugh, C., Zhang, R., Karnatak, T., Lamba, N. and Khokhlova, O. 2021. Just wrong? Or just WEIRD? Investigating the prevalence of moral dumbfounding in non-Western samples. PsyArXiv.org. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zxfbj
Title | Just wrong? Or just WEIRD? Investigating the prevalence of moral dumbfounding in non-Western samples |
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Authors | McHugh, C., Zhang, R., Karnatak, T., Lamba, N. and Khokhlova, O. |
Abstract | Moral dumbfounding is the phenomenon that is observed when people defend a moral judgement even though they cannot provide a reason for this judgement. Dumbfounded responding may include admitting to not having reasons, or the use of unsupported declarations (e.g., “It’s just wrong”) as justification for a judgement. Published evidence for dumbfounding has drawn exclusively on samples of WEIRD backgrounds (Western, educated, industrialised, rich, and democratic), and it remains unclear whether the phenomenon is generalilsable to other populations. In three studies we apply a standardised moral dumbfounding task, and show evidence for moral dumbfounding in a Chinese sample (Study 1), an Indian sample (Study 2), and a mixed sample primarily from North Africa and the Middle East (MENA region, Study 3). |
Sustainable Development Goals | 3 Good health and well-being |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Journal or Publication | PsyArXiv |
Publisher or commissioning body | PsyArXiv.org |
Publication dates | |
Online | 04 Mar 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 23 Sep 2022 |
Accepted | 11 Sep 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Additional information | Full text reproduced as per the CC BY: Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license applied at https://psyarxiv.com/zxfbj/ |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zxfbj |
Language | English |
Publisher's version | License |
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