The Effect of Power on Moral Dilemma Judgment: An Exploration with the CNI Model

Abstract

Abstract: Two experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of power on moral dilemma judgments by using the CNI model. Experiment 1 explored the influence of the personal sense of power on moral dilemma judgments. The results showed that high personal power sense significantly increased sensitivity to moral norms, and thus promoted deontological moral judgments. Experiment 2 examined the effect of the priming power on the moral dilemma judgments. It was found that compared with the participants with low power priming, those with high power priming displayed increased sensitivity to consequences and reduced sensitivity to moral norms. This suggested that power priming promoted utilitarian moral judgments and inhibited deontological moral judgments. Our findings indicate that different types of power have different influences on moral dilemmas judgments.

Key words: personal sense of power, power priming, moral dilemma judgment, CNI model

摘要： 采用道德困境判断的CNI（consequence, norm, inaction）模型，通过两个实验考察权力感对道德困境判断的影响。实验1探讨个人权力感对道德困境判断的影响，结果显示高个人权力感显著增加被试对规则的敏感，促使个体做出道义论的道德判断。实验2考察回忆任务启动的权力感对道德困境判断的影响，发现相对于低权力感启动的被试，高权力感启动的被试在进行判断时更关注行为的结果，对规则更不敏感，这说明启动的权力感促进功利主义的道德判断，抑制道义论的道德判断。结果表明，不同类型的权力感对道德困境判断的影响存在差异。

关键词: 个人权力感, 权力感启动, 道德困境判断, CNI模型

CLC Number:

B849

YUN Xiang. The Effect of Power on Moral Dilemma Judgment: An Exploration with the CNI Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(4): 544-551.

云祥. 权力感对道德困境判断的影响：基于CNI模型的分析[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(4): 544-551.

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