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Wrongness and Blame Judgments and Their Dynamics: Toward a Three-Input Processing Model of Moral Judgment
Aurore Gaboriaud1,2, Flora Gautheron1,2, Jean-Charles Quinton2
1Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, LIP/PC2S, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
International Review of Social Psychology
|September 15, 2025
Summary
This study introduces a novel three-input model for moral judgments, examining intent, outcome, and causality. Findings reveal these factors influence judgments and their dynamics, but not always differentially for blame versus wrongness.
Area of Science:
- Moral psychology
- Cognitive science
- Decision-making
Background:
- Existing moral judgment theories offer conflicting insights.
- A unified model integrating key judgment inputs is needed.
Purpose of the Study:
- To empirically test a novel three-input model of moral judgment.
- To investigate the influence of intent, outcome, and causality on wrongness and blame judgments.
- To analyze the temporal dynamics of these judgments.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a preregistered experiment with 145 participants.
- Employed an adapted mouse-tracking paradigm to capture judgment dynamics.
- Analyzed both final judgments and continuous mouse movement data.
Main Results:
- Replicated established effects of intent, outcome, and causality on final judgments.
- Mouse-tracking revealed nuanced interaction effects and differential dynamics between blame and wrongness judgments.
- No clear differential weighting of intent versus outcome was found for blame versus wrongness.
Conclusions:
- The proposed three-input model shows partial support but also contradictions.
- Distinguishing between final judgments and underlying cognitive dynamics is crucial.
- Further research is needed to refine models of moral judgment processing.
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