The Dark Side of Moral Conviction

By Linda J. Skitka, Elizabeth Mullen. 2002

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Moral conviction: another contributor to attitude strength or something more? (2005, background): “Although moral conviction is likely to have prosocial consequences (e.g., associations with charitable giving, volunteerism, voting), moral conviction appears to have a dark side as well (see also Skitka & Mullen, 2002a ).”
Morality in Groups: On the Social‐Regulatory Functions of Right and Wrong (2012, background): “As a result, when others differ from us in terms of our central moral values, this is likely to elicit quite intense negative emotional responses (Skitka & Mullen, 2003, 2006).”
Understanding Judgments of Fairness in a Real-World Political Context: A Test of the Value Protection Model of Justice Reasoning (2002, background): “Although moral convictions are certainly likely to have strong connections to prosocial phenomena such as fighting for human rights, working to protect the environment, or donating blood, these results also suggest that moral conviction could have a “dark side” ( Skitka & Mullen, 2002 ).”
When Do Ethical Leaders Become Less Effective? The Moderating Role of Perceived Leader Ethical Conviction on Employee Discretionary Reactions to Ethical Leadership (2019, methodology): “…insights on ethical leadership by drawing from the group engagement model (Tyler and Blader 2003) and the moral conviction literature (Skitka 2010; Skitka and Mullen 2002) will thus help refine our theoretical understanding of ethical leadership functioning and offer important practical insights…”
The Social and Political Implications of Moral Conviction (2014, background): “In summary, although moral conviction motivates any number of normatively positive behaviors (e.g., voting, political engagement), moral conviction appears to also have a potential dark side (see also Skitka & Morgan, 2009; Skitka & Mullen, 2002b).”
“Doing well by doing good”? Ambivalent moral framing in organizations (2011, background): “Note that by moral framing we mean something quite different from having a moral mandate (Skitka, Bauman, & Sargis, 2005; Skitka & Mullen, 2002), because moralization just means that one treats an issue as a moral one, but not that one necessarily holds a particularly strong attitude about it, a…”
Power, Moral Clarity, and Punishment in the Workplace (2013, background): “…using continuous scales (1 “strongly dis4 Moral clarity is also distinct from the construct of moral conviction, which focuses on the centrality of the belief to the self, the extremity of the belief, and the importance of the belief (e.g., Skitka, Bauman, & Sargis, 2006; Skitka & Mullen, 2002).”
The meta-ethical grounding of our moral beliefs: Evidence for meta-ethical pluralism (2013, unknown): “…beliefs, values, and practices when they involve moral issues than when they involve other types of issues (Skitka, Bauman, & Sargis, 2005; Skitka & Mullen, 2002; Wainryb, Shaw, Langley, Cottam, & Lewis, 2004; Wainryb, Shaw, Laupa, & Smith, 2001; Wainryb, Shaw, & Maianu, 1998; Wright,…”