Why Don't Moral People Act Morally? Motivational Considerations

By C. Daniel Batson, Elizabeth R. Thompson. 2001

161 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. A. Abele
2. Shaul Shalvi
3. Bogdan Wojciszke
4. Carsten K. W. De Dreu
5. Francesca Gino
6. Susanne Bruckmüller
7. Christine L. Exley
8. Lucas C. Coffman

In Information Systems and Management

1. Shaul Shalvi
2. Michel J. J. Handgraaf
3. Francesca Gino

In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. Abele
2. Bogdan Wojciszke
3. Wieslaw Baryla
4. Michal Parzuchowski
5. Shaul Shalvi
6. Michel J. J. Handgraaf
7. Jason Dana
8. Carsten K. W. De Dreu

Citations in the corpus

• Self-esteem is dominated by agentic over communal information (2011, background): “For instance, most individuals cheat for pecuniary reasons when given opportunity (Ariely, 2008) and individuals ascribing themselves higher levels of moral responsibility do not behave in a more moral way, though they take a great care to appear moral to others (Batson & Thompson, 2001).”
• Justified ethicality: Observing desired counterfactuals modifies ethical perceptions and behavior (2011, background): “Participants were thus able ''to appear fair by flipping the coin, yet still serve self-interest by ignoring the coin'' (Batson & Thompson, 2001, p. 55).”
• Religiosity, Attitude, and the Demand for Socially Responsible Products (2017, unknown): “One possible explanation is overpowered integrity (Batson and Thompson 2001).”
• Empathy-induced altruistic motivation. (2010, unknown): “rationalization (Bandura, 1999; Batson & Thompson, 2001; Bersoff, 1999).”