Department of Psychology, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2024 Oct;63(4):2158-2179. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12776. Epub 2024 Jun 22.
Unethical prosocial behaviour (UPB) refers to acts where people violate widely held moral rules to benefit others. In light of previous research on the association between immoral behaviours and dehumanization, we examined whether and how engaging in UPB would impact the tendency to self-dehumanize. Across four studies (valid N = 1640), we found that UPB led to less self-dehumanization than unethical proself behaviour, which was mediated sequentially by social connectedness and perceived morality (Studies 2-4). Moreover, the comparison between UPB and ethical prosocial behaviour indicated that UPB did not necessarily lead to more self-dehumanization than ethical prosocial behaviour (Study 4). Although UPB was rated as less moral, it was associated with similar levels of social connectedness as ethical prosocial behaviour. These results have significant implications for research on morality and dehumanization and highlight the role of social connectedness in reducing dehumanization.
不道德的亲社会行为（UPB）是指人们违反普遍持有的道德规则来为他人谋利的行为。鉴于先前关于不道德行为与去人性化之间关联的研究，我们考察了参与 UPB 是否以及如何影响自我去人性化的倾向。在四项研究（有效 N=1640）中，我们发现 UPB 导致的自我去人性化程度低于不道德的自利行为，这种关系是通过社交联系和感知道德的序列中介产生的（研究 2-4）。此外，UPB 与道德亲社会行为的比较表明，UPB 并不一定会比道德亲社会行为导致更多的自我去人性化（研究 4）。尽管 UPB 的道德评价较低，但它与道德亲社会行为的社交联系程度相似。这些结果对道德和去人性化研究具有重要意义，并强调了社交联系在减少去人性化方面的作用。
