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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Moral Psychology
  • Consumer Behavior

Background:

  • Humans naturally seek sensory pleasure, but moral evaluations vary significantly across cultures.
  • Some societies permit unrestrained pursuit of pleasure, while others deem it immoral and suppress it.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the moral drivers behind the suppression of sensory consumption.
  • To determine if suppression stems from motives for social justice or social order.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of country-level archival data.
  • Seven preregistered controlled experiments were conducted.

Main Results:

  • Social-order emphasizing moral foundations (authority, loyalty, purity) robustly suppress sensory consumption.
  • Individuals and societies valuing these binding moral foundations consume fewer sensory products (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, fragrances).
  • Effects are mediated by moral beliefs and shame, and moderated by moral licensing, status framing, and shared vs. personal consumption.

Conclusions:

  • Societal moral beliefs emphasizing social order inhibit pleasure-seeking and alter economic consumption patterns.
  • Binding values reduce personal sensory consumption but not shared consumption.
  • Moral licensing and status-affirmation can mitigate the suppression of sensory consumption.