TY - JOUR
T1 - Moral Expansiveness Around the World: The Role of Societal Factors Across 36 Countries
AU - Kirkland, Kelly
AU - Crimston, Charlie R.
AU - Jetten, Jolanda
AU - Rudnev, Maksim
AU - Acevedo-Triana, Cesar
AU - Amiot, Catherine E.
AU - Ausmees, Liisi
AU - Baguma, Peter
AU - Barry, Oumar
AU - Becker, Maja
AU - Bilewicz, Michal
AU - Boonyasiriwat, Watcharaporn
AU - Castelain, Thomas
AU - Costantini, Giulio
AU - Dimdiņš, Ģirts
AU - Espinosa, Agustín
AU - Finchilescu, Gillian
AU - Fischer, Ronald
AU - Friese, Malte
AU - Gastardo-Conaco, Maria Cecilia
AU - Gómez, Ángel
AU - González, Roberto
AU - Goto, Nobuhiko
AU - Halama, Peter
AU - Jiga-Boy, Gabriela M.
AU - Kuppens, Peter
AU - Loughnan, Steve
AU - Markovik, Marijana
AU - Mastor, Khairul A.
AU - McLatchie, Neil
AU - Novak, Lindsay M.
AU - Onyekachi, Blessing N.
AU - Peker, Müjde
AU - Rizwan, Muhammad
AU - Schaller, Mark
AU - Suh, Eunkook M.
AU - Talaifar, Sanaz
AU - Tong, Eddie M.W.
AU - Torres, Ana
AU - Turner, Rhiannon N.
AU - Van Lange, Paul A.M.
AU - Vauclair, Christin Melanie
AU - Vinogradov, Alexander
AU - Wang, Zhechen
AU - Yeung, Victoria Wai Lan
AU - Bastian, Brock
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - What are the things that we think matter morally, and how do societal factors influence this? To date, research has explored several individual-level and historical factors that influence the size of our ‘moral circles.' There has, however, been less attention focused on which societal factors play a role. We present the first multi-national exploration of moral expansiveness—that is, the size of people’s moral circles across countries. We found low generalized trust, greater perceptions of a breakdown in the social fabric of society, and greater perceived economic inequality were associated with smaller moral circles. Generalized trust also helped explain the effects of perceived inequality on lower levels of moral inclusiveness. Other inequality indicators (i.e., Gini coefficients) were, however, unrelated to moral expansiveness. These findings suggest that societal factors, especially those associated with generalized trust, may influence the size of our moral circles.
AB - What are the things that we think matter morally, and how do societal factors influence this? To date, research has explored several individual-level and historical factors that influence the size of our ‘moral circles.' There has, however, been less attention focused on which societal factors play a role. We present the first multi-national exploration of moral expansiveness—that is, the size of people’s moral circles across countries. We found low generalized trust, greater perceptions of a breakdown in the social fabric of society, and greater perceived economic inequality were associated with smaller moral circles. Generalized trust also helped explain the effects of perceived inequality on lower levels of moral inclusiveness. Other inequality indicators (i.e., Gini coefficients) were, however, unrelated to moral expansiveness. These findings suggest that societal factors, especially those associated with generalized trust, may influence the size of our moral circles.
KW - anomie
KW - economic inequality
KW - moral circles
KW - moral expansiveness
KW - trust
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19485506221101767
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85133634722
U2 - 10.1177/19485506221101767
DO - 10.1177/19485506221101767
M3 - Article
SN - 1948-5506
VL - 14
SP - 305
EP - 318
JO - Social Psychological and Personality Science
JF - Social Psychological and Personality Science
IS - 3
ER -
1. IAM — Nabadzības Izskaušana
10. IAM — Nevienlīdzības Mazināšana