Francis Kathryn B, McNabb Carolyn B
School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2022 Feb 4;12:769177. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769177. eCollection 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose significant health, economic, and social challenges. Given that many of these challenges have moral relevance, the present studies investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic is influencing moral decision-making and whether moralisation of behaviours specific to the crisis predict adherence to government-recommended behaviours. Whilst we find no evidence that utilitarian endorsements have changed during the pandemic at two separate timepoints, individuals have moralised non-compliant behaviours associated with the pandemic such as failing to physically distance themselves from others. Importantly, our findings show that this moralisation predicts sustained individual compliance with government-recommended behaviours.
新冠疫情继续带来重大的健康、经济和社会挑战。鉴于其中许多挑战具有道德相关性，本研究调查了新冠疫情是否正在影响道德决策，以及针对该危机的特定行为的道德化是否能预测对政府建议行为的遵守情况。虽然我们没有发现证据表明在两个不同时间点的疫情期间功利主义的支持度发生了变化，但个体已将与疫情相关的不遵守行为（如未能与他人保持身体距离）道德化。重要的是，我们的研究结果表明，这种道德化能预测个体持续遵守政府建议的行为。
