Does helping now excuse cheating later? An investigation into moral balancing in children.
cheating
developmental psychology
moral self-licensing
morality
sharing
Journal
Royal Society open science
ISSN: 2054-5703
Titre abrégé: R Soc Open Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101647528
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Historique:
received:
17
12
2020
accepted:
21
06
2021
entrez:
23
7
2021
pubmed:
24
7
2021
medline:
24
7
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We often use our previous good behaviour to justify current immoral acts, and likewise perform good deeds to atone for previous immoral behaviour. These effects, known as moral self-licensing and moral cleansing (collectively, moral balancing), have yet to be observed in children. Thus, the aim in the current study was to investigate the developmental foundations of moral balancing. We examined whether children aged 4-5 years (
Identifiants
pubmed: 34295518
doi: 10.1098/rsos.202296
pii: rsos202296
pmc: PMC8278046
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
202296Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors.
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