Purity is still a problem
Our recent review demonstrates that "purity" is a messy construct with at least nine popular scientific understandings. Cultural beliefs about self-control help unify some of these understandings, but much messiness remains. The harm-centric theory of dyadic morality suggests that purity violations can be comprehensively understood as <em>abstract harms</em>, acts perceived by some people (and not others) to indirectly cause suffering.
Authors
- Kurt Gray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-2676)
- Frank Kachanoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6572-733X)
- Nicholas DiMaggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4660-614X)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UNC Libraries
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17615/8fzt-bf20
- Primary Topic
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Charles Koch Foundation