Morality in the flesh: on the link between bodily self-consciousness, moral identity and (dis)honest behaviour.
body ownership
body self-consciousness
honesty
moral behaviour
moral identity
sense of agency
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:
Aug 2022
Aug 2022
Historique:
received:
17
01
2022
accepted:
09
08
2022
entrez:
5
9
2022
pubmed:
6
9
2022
medline:
6
9
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The sense of owning a body (ownership) and controlling its actions (agency) are two main pillars of bodily self-consciousness (BSC). Although studies suggest that BSC signals and morality may be associated, whether such association has a positive or negative direction remains unclear. To investigate this issue, we conducted two pre-registered, online studies, in which a total of 1309 participants completed BSC- and morality-related questionnaires and undertook a task where they could cheat for monetary gain. We found that participants with high sense of ownership displayed high moral identity, which supports the notion that ownership is used to associate the self with positive characteristics. Moreover, high agency was associated with increased moral identity when sense of power is high. Results regarding deception are less clear, and might relate to the impact of COVID-19. Our results concerning moral identity may inspire policies that rely on changes of corporeal awareness to contrast immorality.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36061520
doi: 10.1098/rsos.220061
pii: rsos220061
pmc: PMC9428530
doi:
Banques de données
figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6158554']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
220061Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors.
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