Simulating murder: the aversion to harmful action.

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  • Fiery Cushman
  • Kurt Gray
  • Allison Gaffey
  • Wendy Berry Mendes
چکیده

Diverse lines of evidence point to a basic human aversion to physically harming others. First, we demonstrate that unwillingness to endorse harm in a moral dilemma is predicted by individual differences in aversive reactivity, as indexed by peripheral vasoconstriction. Next, we tested the specific factors that elicit the aversive response to harm. Participants performed actions such as discharging a fake gun into the face of the experimenter, fully informed that the actions were pretend and harmless. These simulated harmful actions increased peripheral vasoconstriction significantly more than did witnessing pretend harmful actions or to performing metabolically matched nonharmful actions. This suggests that the aversion to harmful actions extends beyond empathic concern for victim harm. Together, these studies demonstrate a link between the body and moral decision-making processes.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Emotion

دوره 12 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012