Mapping Morality with a Compass: Testing the theory of ‘morality as cooperation’ with a new questionnaire
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Scott Curry, Oliver, Jones Chesters, M. and Van Lissa, Caspar J. 2018. Mapping Morality with a Compass: Testing the theory of ‘morality as cooperation’ with a new questionnaire. Journal of Research in Personality. 78, pp. 106-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.10.008
Authors | Scott Curry, Oliver, Jones Chesters, M. and Van Lissa, Caspar J. |
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Abstract | Morality-as-Cooperation (MAC) is the theory that morality is a collection of biological and cultural solutions to the problems of cooperation recurrent in human social life. MAC uses game theory to identify distinct types of cooperation, and predicts that each will be considered morally relevant, and each will give rise to a distinct moral domain. Here we test MAC's predictions by developing a new self-report measure of morality, the Morality-as-Cooperation Questionnaire (MAC-Q), and comparing its psychometric properties to those of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ). Over four studies, the results support MAC's seven-factor model of morality, but not the MFQ's five-factor model. Thus MAC emerges as the best available compass with which to explore the moral landscape. |
Journal | Journal of Research in Personality |
Journal citation | 78, pp. 106-124 |
ISSN | 0092-6566 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Repository staff only |
Publisher's version | License |
Supplemental file | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.10.008 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.10.008 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 28 Oct 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 29 Oct 2018 |
Accepted | 25 Oct 2018 |
Accepted | 25 Oct 2018 |
Funder | John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund |
Economic and Social Research Council | |
Sixth Framework Programme | |
John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund | |
Economic and Social Research Council | |
Sixth Framework Programme | |
Copyright information | © 2018 The authors. |
License | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
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