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  • Social Psychology
  • Moral Judgment
  • Group Perception

Background:

  • Understanding how group membership influences perceptions of intentionality and moral responsibility is crucial.
  • Previous research suggests biases can affect judgments of harmful actions.
  • Lay theories of intentionality often involve complex considerations of foresight and planning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether the perceived intentionality and moral reprehensibility of a harmful act are amplified when committed by a member of a stigmatized group.
  • To examine how different levels of distal (end-focused) and proximal (means-focused) intent interact with actor group status in moral judgments.
  • To explore the application of a 'sliding threshold' in assessing intent and responsibility based on social group affiliation.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted two studies (N = 1,451) using hypothetical homicide scenarios.
  • Orthogonally manipulated distal and proximal intent levels in actor's minds.
  • Varied the actor's racial (Study 1) or political (Study 2) group affiliation, comparing stigmatized versus non-stigmatized actors.

Main Results:

  • Participants judged actors from stigmatized groups more harshly than non-stigmatized actors when intent was ambiguous (one type high, one low).
  • This harsher judgment of stigmatized actors occurred regardless of whether one or even neither type of intent was present (Study 2).
  • Demonstrated a 'sliding threshold' where less-stigmatized actors require higher levels of intent for condemnation compared to more-stigmatized actors.

Conclusions:

  • Social stigma significantly impacts moral judgments, leading to harsher evaluations of harmful acts committed by members of stigmatized groups, particularly under ambiguous intent.
  • These findings suggest that observers adjust their criteria for assigning intent and moral responsibility based on the actor's social group.
  • The results contribute to a deeper understanding of lay theories of intentionality and the pervasive influence of group biases on social cognition.