The Effect of Moral Judgment on Bystander Cooperation Behavior: The Role of Personal Force
Utilitarian moral judgments reduce bystander cooperation compared to non-utilitarian judgments, and this reduction is more substantial when the judgment involves personal force. These findings highlight the interpersonal costs of utilitarian decision-making and underscore the importance of contextual features like personal force in understanding its social reception.
Authors
- Feng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-7547)
- Yang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8344-6478)
- Yan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9854-2443)
- Yidie Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-5316)
- Juan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1443-5311)
- Ming Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4107-5653)
- Xiaodan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1701-6044)
Institutions
- Shanghai Normal University (CN)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Beijing Forestry University (CN)
- Southwest Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behavioral Sciences
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15121699
- Primary Topic
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00