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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Moral Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations

Background:

  • A debate exists regarding motivations for costly helping behaviors.
  • Empathy is a recognized driver of altruism.
  • A second, less-explored motivator, moral outrage, is proposed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate moral outrage as a significant motivator for costly helping.
  • To integrate findings from moral psychology and intergroup research.
  • To propose moral outrage as a critical force in collective action.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review integrating moral psychology and intergroup literatures.
  • Theoretical analysis of outrage as a motivator for collective action.

Main Results:

  • Moral outrage is presented as a distinct and potentially more potent motivator than empathy in certain contexts.
  • Outrage is theorized to be a critical psychological mechanism underlying collective action.

Conclusions:

  • Moral outrage is a significant, albeit controversial, factor driving costly helping and collective action.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the role and nuances of moral outrage in prosocial behavior.