Sense of Personal Control Intensifies Moral Judgments of Others’ Actions

Recent research in moral psychology has highlighted how the current internal states of observers can influence their moral judgments of others’ actions. In this article, we argue that an important internal state that serves such a function is the sense of control one has over one’s own actions. Acro...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	James F. M. Cornwell, E. Tory Higgins
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Subjects:	morality sense of control intuition regulatory focus judgment misattribution
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02261/full