Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
SOCOUL Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Mem Cognit. 2023 Jul;51(5):1043-1060. doi: 10.3758/s13421-022-01386-z. Epub 2023 Jan 17.
Moral dumbfounding occurs when people maintain a moral judgment even though they cannot provide a reason for this judgment. Dumbfounded responding may include admitting to not having reasons, or the use of unsupported declarations ("It's just wrong") as justification for a judgment. Published evidence for dumbfounding has drawn exclusively on samples of WEIRD backgrounds (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic), and it remains unclear to what extent the phenomenon is generalizable to other populations. Furthermore, the theoretical implications of moral dumbfounding have been disputed in recent years. In three studies we apply a standardized moral dumbfounding task, and show evidence for moral dumbfounding in a Chinese sample (Study 1, N = 165), an Indian sample (Study 2, N = 181), and a mixed sample primarily (but not exclusively) from North Africa and the Middle East (MENA region, Study 3, N = 264). These findings are consistent with a categorization theories of moral judgment.
当人们坚持道德判断，即使他们无法为这个判断提供理由时，就会出现道德困惑。困惑的回应可能包括承认没有理由，或者使用没有支持的声明（“这就是错的”）作为判断的理由。已发表的道德困惑证据仅来自 WEIRD 背景（西方、受过教育、工业化、富有和民主）的样本，对于这种现象在多大程度上具有普遍性，目前还不清楚。此外，近年来，道德困惑的理论意义一直存在争议。在三项研究中，我们应用了标准化的道德困惑任务，并在中国样本（研究 1，N=165）、印度样本（研究 2，N=181）以及主要来自北非和中东地区的混合样本（研究 3，N=264）中都发现了道德困惑的证据。这些发现与道德判断的分类理论一致。
