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Published on: June 24, 2013
How does moral objectification lead to correlated interactions?
1Department of Psychology,University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, PA 19104.ggoodwin@psych.upenn.eduhttps://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/people/geoffrey-goodwin.
Abstract:
The objectification of moral norms is purported to occur because it enables correlated interactions between individuals who share the same cooperative norms. But how does this process take place? I suggest two mechanisms beyond those Stanford identifies. I also ask whether there is predictable variation in which moral norms engender the strongest coupling between objectification and discomfort with disagreement.
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