A moral act, elevation, and prosocial behavior: Moderators of morality

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Moral Elevation and Moral Beauty: A Review of the Empirical Literature (2016, background): “…displaying a moral exemplar in action (e.g., Algoe & Haidt, 2009; Diessner et al., 2013; Schnall et al., 2010; Schnall & Roper, 2012), the reading of moral stories (e.g., Freeman et al., 2009; Thomson et al., 2014), or the creation of participants’ own moral stories (e.g., Thomson & Siegel, 2013).”
Elevation: A review of scholarship on a moral and other-praising emotion (2017, background): “Indicating that elevating experiences do lead to a desire to become a better person, Aquino and colleagues (2011) found that people who recalled an elevating experience self-reported increased feelings of wanting to become a better person (see also Thomson & Siegel, 2013).”