Savage, Brainwashed, or Just Like Me: Moral Disagreement Increases External Attribution for Beliefs

Morality seemingly creates a great cultural divide (Haidt, 2012) — people are pro-choice or pro-life, for traditional marriage or for equality, and for or against the death penalty. Our understanding of these moral disagreements has important and sometimes even grave implications for how we treat others. The present study builds a novel model of belief attribution of moral disagreements. We propose that people attribute moral beliefs to one of three sources: savage tendencies, external factors or internal beliefs. In two experiments, one open-ended and one more quantitative, we explored how people attribute moral beliefs. The findings from our study suggested that participants do tend to attribute their beliefs and the beliefs of those who agree with them to more internal reasons than the beliefs of those who disagree with them for issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion. Additionally, character of the individual had only some effects on belief attribution. These findings inform how we understand moral debates, and future research can apply these results to investigate the role of strength of beliefs, differences across cultures, and even how research in morality is conducted.Bachelor of Art

Spitefulness and moral values

a b s t r a c t The relationship between spitefulness and an individual's sense of morality or lack thereof has been neglected in studies of personality. It seems probable that individuals with higher levels of spitefulness exhibit fewer moral concerns relative to those with lower levels of spite. To examine associations between spitefulness and moral concerns, 436 community participants completed self-report measures concerning their spitefulness, basic personality dimensions, and moral concerns. Spitefulness was negatively associated with individualizing values (i.e., sensitivity to harm and fairness) such that spiteful individuals were less concerned about issues related to avoiding harm or injustice to others when making moral judgments. However, spitefulness was not simply associated with a general reduction in moral concerns as it was not significantly associated with binding values (i.e., concerns about ingroup loyalty, authority, and purity)

Spitefulness and moral values

a b s t r a c t The relationship between spitefulness and an individual's sense of morality or lack thereof has been neglected in studies of personality. It seems probable that individuals with higher levels of spitefulness exhibit fewer moral concerns relative to those with lower levels of spite. To examine associations between spitefulness and moral concerns, 436 community participants completed self-report measures concerning their spitefulness, basic personality dimensions, and moral concerns. Spitefulness was negatively associated with individualizing values (i.e., sensitivity to harm and fairness) such that spiteful individuals were less concerned about issues related to avoiding harm or injustice to others when making moral judgments. However, spitefulness was not simply associated with a general reduction in moral concerns as it was not significantly associated with binding values (i.e., concerns about ingroup loyalty, authority, and purity)

Sex at every size: A content analysis of weight inclusivity in sexual functioning research

Sexual functioning research has been slow to address sizeism within its volumes. Much of the sexual health science has adopted a weight normative model rather than a weight inclusive model. The purpose of this study was to, through systematic literature review, describe the sexual functioning research landscape with respect to weight inclusivity. The review included three databases (Google Scholar, Medline and Ebsco) between 2010 and 2020. Each article was double coded for weight inclusivity and sexual functioning. Sixty-seven articles met the criteria and were included in analysis. The articles, overall, only endorsed weight inclusive tenets 16 % of the time. Articles were most weight inclusive when discussing sexual satisfaction (22.5 %). Meanwhile, when discussing sexual arousal, the articles were the least weight inclusive (16.7 %). These findings suggest there is needs to be greater education and intention for sex educators, therapists, and clinicians, to explore and enhance body positivity and sexual health