Keywords:
Emotional closeness; Moral dilemma; Moral judgment; Interpersonal relationships
情感亲密;道德两难;道德判断;人际关系
Abstract:
The closeness of interpersonal relationships affects every aspect of people's lives. But we have little known about what kind of impact will relationship have on the moral judgment. Study use the concept of “emotional closeness”, quantitative the closeness of relationship, and using it as a factor behind the relationship. The paradigm of trolley problem and moral violations in daily life are used to explore the influence of emotional closeness on moral judgment through two experiments. The results show that emotional closeness has an impact on moral judgment, the closer, the more relaxed moral judgment, conversely, the more stringent. Meanwhile, compared with the utilitarian behavior in the trolley problem, it is generally accepted that utilitarianism in the footbridge problem is more immoral;The influence of relationship on moral judgment in the trolley problem no longer exists in the footbridge problem.
人际关系的亲疏远近影响着人们生活的方方面面。但是亲疏关系会对道德判断产生何种影响还不明晰。研究采用情感亲密这一概念量化亲疏关系,并借助电车/天桥难题通过两个实验探讨情感亲密程度对道德判断的影响。结果表明,情感亲密程度会对道德判断造成影响,越亲密道德判断越宽松,反之越严苛;而较之电车难题中的功利主义行为,人们普遍认为天桥难题中的功利主义行为更加不道德;关系在电车难题中对道德判断的影响,在天桥难题中不复存在。