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  • The reduced importance of intent in purity violations compared to harm violations suggests distinct moral systems (moral pluralism).
  • Differences in how intent is perceived across moral domains might stem from the "weirdness" of purity scenarios, potentially causing attentional failures.
  • Attentional failures could alternatively explain the diminished role of intent in purity judgments, rather than separate moral systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether individual differences in attentional efficiency moderate the role of intent in purity versus harm moral judgments.
  • To test if attentional failures offer an alternative explanation for the reduced exculpatory value of innocent intentions in purity violations.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed individual differences in attentional efficiency using the Attention Network Task (ANT).
  • Examined the moderating effect of attentional efficiency on the perceived importance of intent in purity and harm moral judgments.
  • Compared participants with high versus low attentional efficiency regarding the exculpatory value of intentions.

Main Results:

  • Results showed no moderation by attentional efficiency, indicating that attentional differences do not explain the varying role of intent across moral domains.
  • The findings were consistent with the theory of moral pluralism, supporting distinct moral systems.
  • The reduced exculpatory value of innocent intentions for purity violations was not explained by attentional efficiency.

Conclusions:

  • The study supports moral pluralism, suggesting distinct moral systems rather than attentional failures explain the differential impact of intent in purity and harm judgments.
  • Findings highlight the importance of considering attentional efficiency when examining domain-specific moral processing.
  • Further research is needed to explore domain-general versus domain-specific accounts of the mental state × domain effect in moral cognition.