道德自我调整的悖论”
6月29日,美国西北大学网站报道,西北大学心理学教授S.萨奇德瓦(Sonya Szchdeva)和D.梅丁(Douglas Medin)联合发表在《心理学》杂志上的论文《犯罪的圣人和圣洁的罪人;道德自我调整的悖论》表明,个人道德清洗与对道德自我的理想水平恢复有关,它还首次表明富有激情的人,更有可能通过采取一种反常行为或放弃德行来调整自身的言行。这一研究结果是基于三个实验调查,以研究道德行为如何受内在自我调整的影响,共46人接受了西北大学笔迹测试中心的笔迹测试,并被要求捐赠10美元给参与者所选择的慈善机构,以进行行为观察。
The Paradox of Moral Self-Regulation
SciMed - Neuroscience
TS-SI NEWS SERVICE
SUNDAY, 28 JUNE 2009 03:00
Evanston, IL, USA.Whether they be high-flying politicians or ordininary citizens of good reputation, there can be a fall from grace. Sometimes moral actions lead to bad, making no sense at all.
A study observes that extremes of good and bad behavior can occur in the same person. Someone with ample moral self-worth in one aspect of their lives can slip into immorality or opposite behavior in other areas. Their abundant self-esteem can somehow push them to balance out all that goodness. Conversely, the study shows, people who engage in immoral behavior make amends and cleanse themselves with good works.
Other studies have shown the moral-cleansing effect, but this new model shows that the cleansing also has to do with restoring an ideal level of moral self-worth. In other words, when people operate above or below a certain level of moral self-worth, they instinctively push back in the opposite direction to reach an internally regulated set point of goodness.