Theory of mind, the capacity to understand and ascribe mental states, has traditionally been conceptualized as analogous to a scientific theory. However, recent work in philosophy and psychology has documented a “side-effect effect” suggesting that moral evaluations influence mental state ascriptions, and in particular whether a behavior is described as having been performed ‘intentionally.’ Th...

The first aim of this paper is to clarify the meaning of moral hazard in the context of construction procurement. Two important points are that typically there is a double moral hazard problem, as the client also can “misbehave” in a number of ways, and that both internal moral hazard (within the client and contractor organization) and external moral hazard (between client and contractor) must ...

The necessity to model the mental ingredients of norm compliance is a controversial issue within the study of norms. So far, the simulation-based study of norm emergence has shown a prevailing tendency to model norm conformity as a thoughtless behavior, emerging from social learning and imitation rather than from specific, norm-related mental representations. In this article, the opposite stanc...

Using an extended Prototype/Willingness Model, we examined the predictors of willingness to donate an organ to a partner/family member and a stranger while living. A questionnaire assessed university students' (N = 284) attitudes, subjective norm, prototype favorability, prototype similarity, moral norm, and willingness to donate organs in each recipient scenario. All variables, except prototyp...

Previous research on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) is characterized by cross-sectional tests of the model's proposed causal relationships. In the absence of effective experimental techniques for changing the TPB's cognitive antecedents, the present research aimed to provide a stronger non-experimental test of the model, using causal analyses of two-wave panel data. Two studies of driver ...

Due to the critical shortage and continued need of blood and organ donations (ODs), research exploring similarities and differences in the motivational determinants of these behaviors is needed. In a sample of 258 university students, we used a cross-sectional design to test the utility of an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) including moral norm, self-identity and in-group altruism (fa...

Cop Human activities have vastly altered the Earth. Scientists posit that Earth has entered a new geological epoch, termed the ‘Anthropocene’. Yet, although physical conditions have changed, human socio-economic endeavors still proceed as in the past, on the basis of increasingly obsolete assumptions about natural systems and resources (‘business as usual’). As currently conceived, sustainable ...

To realize a sustainable society in the near future, the development of clean, renewable, cheap and sustainable resources and the remediation of environmental pollutions using solar energy as the driving force would be important. During the past few decades, plen‐ ty of efforts have been focused on this area to develop solar light active materials to meet the increased energy and environmental ...

Due to the critical shortage and continued need of blood and organ donations, research exploring similarities and differences in the motivational determinants of these behaviors is needed. In a sample of 258 university students, we used a cross-sectional design to test the utility of an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) including moral norm, self-identity, and in-group altruism (family/...

When Catholicism was introduced into Vietnam, there also a tendency toward differentiation and even confrontation with Vietnamese culture, including Confucianism. This article focuses on the discussion between Confucianism from Ideological perspective, most basic concepts about belief related to God, popular religious activity, which is worshipping activities, social-moral code encompassing two...