The "moral neutrality pattern" of individuals with indirect multicultural experiences in immoral and moral judgments: behavioral and neural evidence.

ABSTRACT: Based on the moral relativism theory, the current study proposes that individuals with indirect multicultural experiences may exhibit a "moral neutrality pattern" in complete moral judgments, that is, they may perceive others' immoral actions as less immoral and moral actions as less moral. In Study 1, using publicly available CGSS data and our large-scale survey, we found positive correlations between multicultural experiences and a tendency to express less blame for immoral behavior, and less praise for moral behavior. In Study 2, the behavioral results indicated that individuals with high multicultural experiences (HM) expressed less praise than those with low multicultural experiences (LM) for "slightly moral condition". The ERP time-domain results suggested that the HM group tended to

SUBMITTER: Bao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542445 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature