Morality in everyday life and its implications: the effect of the Moral foundations and the Need for cognitive closure
The general purpose of this research project is to identify and analyse the mechanisms and motives behind our moral actions and moral judgments. What are the psychological processes involved when we deliver a moral judgment of right or wrong?
The present projects has three objectives:
1) to examine the relationship between moral foundations, Need for cognitive closure (NCC), perception of social context (and social danger) and political orientation (WP1). We hypothesise that the relationships between the perception of social danger and political orientation could be moderated by moral foundations and NCC.
2) to test the relationship between moral foundations, NCC and moral behaviour. We hypothesise that the relationships between moral foundations and moral vs. immoral behaviour could be moderated by NCC and the perception of moral norms in the society. Besides moral vs. immoral choices, the project aims to explore the phenomenon of moral ambivalence.
3) to explore the relationship between moral foundations and prejudice towards several groups of immigrants. It is hypothesised that this relations may be moderated by NCC and the perception of morality among these ethnic groups.
This project will advance current state of the art on the issues proposed and will create new and innovative instruments.