Moral Psychology as a Necessary Bridge Between Social Cognition and Law

IF 1.2 4区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Social Cognition Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI:10.1521/SOCO.2021.39.1.183
James P. Dunlea, Larisa Heiphetz
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Coordinating competing interests can be difficult. Because law regulates human behavior, it is a candidate mechanism for creating coordination in the face of societal disagreement. We argue that findings from moral psychology are necessary to understand why law can effectively resolve cooccurring conflicts related to punishment and group membership. First, we discuss heterogeneity in punitive thought, focusing on punishment within the United States legal system. Though the law exerts a weak influence on punitive ideologies before punishment occurs, we argue that it effectively coordinates perceptions of individuals who have already been punished. Next, we discuss intergroup conflict, which often co-occurs with disagreements related to punishment and represents a related domain where coordination can be difficult to achieve. Here, we underscore how insights from moral psychology can promote equality via the law. These examples demonstrate how contributions from moral psychology are necessary to understand the connection between social cognition and law.
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道德心理作为社会认知与法律之间的桥梁
协调相互竞争的利益可能很困难。因为法律规范人类的行为,它是在面对社会分歧时创造协调的候选机制。我们认为,道德心理学的发现对于理解为什么法律可以有效地解决与惩罚和群体成员有关的共同发生的冲突是必要的。首先,我们讨论了惩罚思想的异质性,重点是美国法律体系中的惩罚。尽管法律在惩罚发生之前对惩罚性意识形态的影响很弱,但我们认为它有效地协调了已经受到惩罚的个人的看法。接下来,我们将讨论群体间冲突,这种冲突通常与惩罚相关的分歧同时发生,并且代表了难以实现协调的相关领域。在这里,我们强调道德心理学的见解如何通过法律促进平等。这些例子表明,道德心理学的贡献对于理解社会认知与法律之间的联系是必要的。
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Social Cognition
Social Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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期刊介绍: An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on empirical research, self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception. Three broad concerns define the scope of the journal: - The processes underlying the perception, memory, and judgment of social stimuli - The effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information The behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.
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