Hypocrisy moderates self-interest bias in moral character judgments

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dc.abstract.enSelf-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 (N = 194) and replication in Study 1b (N = 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, N = 713) and agreement to aid observers’ or ingroup interests (Study 3, N = 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.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorBocian, Konrad
dc.contributor.authorMyślińska-Szarek, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorMiazek, Katarzyna
dc.date.access2024-09-03
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-03T13:29:48Z
dc.date.available2024-09-03T13:29:48Z
dc.date.created2024-08-09
dc.date.issued2024-08-29
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dc.description.grantnumber2021/43/D/HS6/02013
dc.description.granttitleSONATA
dc.description.physical1-16
dc.description.versionoriginal_author
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00224545.2024.2393093
dc.identifier.eissn1940-1183
dc.identifier.issn0022-4545
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/853
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224545.2024.2393093
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOTHER
dc.subject.enattitudes
dc.subject.enhypocrisy
dc.subject.enmoral character
dc.subject.enself-interest bias
dc.subject.entransgressions
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleHypocrisy moderates self-interest bias in moral character judgments
dc.title.journalThe Journal of Social Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle