Kirkland Kelly, Van Lange Paul A M, Gorenz Drew, Blake Khandis, Amiot Catherine E, Ausmees Liisi, Baguma Peter, Barry Oumar, Becker Maja, Bilewicz Michal, Boonyasiriwat Watcharaporn, Booth Robert W, Castelain Thomas, Costantini Giulio, Dimdins Girts, Espinosa Agustín, Finchilescu Gillian, Fischer Ronald, Friese Malte, Gómez Ángel, González Roberto, Goto Nobuhiko, Halama Peter, Hurtado-Parrado Camilo, Ilustrisimo Ruby D, Jiga-Boy Gabriela M, Kuppens Peter, Loughnan Steve, Mastor Khairul A, McLatchie Neil, Novak Lindsay M, Onyekachi Blessing N, Rizwan Muhammad, Schaller Mark, Serafimovska Eleonora, Suh Eunkook M, Swann William B, Tong Eddie M W, Torres Ana, Turner Rhiannon N, Vauclair Christin-Melanie, Vinogradov Alexander, Wang Zhechen, Yeung Victoria Wai Lan, Bastian Brock
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia.
PNAS Nexus. 2024 Jun 5;3(7):pgae221. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae221. eCollection 2024 Jul.
Throughout the 21st century, economic inequality is predicted to increase as we face new challenges, from changes in the technological landscape to the growing climate crisis. It is crucial we understand how these changes in inequality may affect how people think and behave. We propose that economic inequality threatens the social fabric of society, in turn increasing moralization-that is, the greater tendency to employ or emphasize morality in everyday life-as an attempt to restore order and control. Using longitudinal data from X, formerly known as Twitter, our first study demonstrates that high economic inequality is associated with greater use of moral language online (e.g. the use of words such as "disgust", "hurt", and "respect'). Study 2 then examined data from 41 regions around the world, generally showing that higher inequality has a small association with harsher moral judgments of people's everyday actions. Together these findings demonstrate that economic inequality is linked to the tendency to see the world through a moral lens.
在整个21世纪，预计随着我们面临新的挑战，从技术格局的变化到日益严重的气候危机，经济不平等将会加剧。至关重要的是，我们要了解不平等的这些变化如何可能影响人们的思维和行为方式。我们认为，经济不平等威胁着社会结构，进而增加道德化——也就是说，在日常生活中更倾向于运用或强调道德——作为恢复秩序和控制的一种尝试。利用来自X（前身为推特）的纵向数据，我们的第一项研究表明，高度的经济不平等与在线上更多地使用道德语言相关（例如使用“厌恶”“伤害”和“尊重”等词）。然后，研究2考察了来自全球41个地区的数据，总体表明更高的不平等与对人们日常行为更严厉的道德评判存在微弱关联。这些发现共同表明，经济不平等与通过道德视角看待世界的倾向有关。
