Bocian Konrad, Myslinska Szarek Katarzyna, Miazek Katarzyna
Department of Psychology in Sopot, SWPS University.
J Soc Psychol. 2024 Aug 29:1-16. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2024.2393093.
Self-interest bias describes an observer's tendency to judge moral transgression leniently when they benefit from it. However, what factors moderate the self-interest bias is an open empirical question. Here, we investigated to what extent hypocrisy moderates the self-interest bias. Preregistered Study 1a ( = 194) and replication in Study 1b ( = 193) demonstrated that observers' interest impacts moral character judgments of hypocritical transgressors. This effect was explained by observers' goal attainment due to transgression (Study 2, = 713) and agreement to aid observers' or ingroup interests (Study 3, = 634). Importantly, transgressors' hypocrisy moderated the impact of observers' interests in moral character judgments (Studies 2 & 3). In summary, when judging hypocritical transgressors, peoples' moral character judgments tend to be biased by their or their group's interests. However, in comparison to non-hypocritical transgressors, this impact is less pronounced.
自我利益偏差描述了观察者在从道德违规行为中获益时，倾向于从轻评判该行为的现象。然而，哪些因素会调节自我利益偏差仍是一个有待实证研究的开放性问题。在此，我们研究了伪善在多大程度上调节自我利益偏差。预先注册的研究1a（n = 194）以及研究1b中的重复验证（n = 193）表明，观察者的自身利益会影响对伪善违规者的道德品质判断。这一效应可通过违规行为导致观察者目标的达成（研究2，n = 713）以及对观察者或内群体利益的支持（研究3，n = 634）来解释。重要的是，违规者的伪善调节了观察者自身利益在道德品质判断中的影响（研究2和研究3）。总之，在评判伪善的违规者时，人们的道德品质判断往往会受到自身或其群体利益的影响。然而，与非伪善的违规者相比，这种影响并不那么明显。
