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dc.contributor.authorJanoff-Bulman, Ronnie
dc.contributor.authorSheikh, Sana
dc.contributor.authorHepp, Sebastian
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-31T09:31:06Z
dc.date.available2011-03-31T09:31:06Z
dc.date.issued2009-03
dc.identifier.citationJanoff-Bulman , R , Sheikh , S & Hepp , S 2009 , ' Proscriptive versus prescriptive morality : Two faces of moral regulation ' , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , vol. 96 , no. 3 , pp. 521-537 . https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013779en
dc.identifier.issn0022-3514
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 5241856
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: d23df4b8-d835-4c93-8190-52e1ad74b702
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 62649093544
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/1747
dc.description.abstractA distinction is made between two forms of morality on the basis of approach–avoidance differences in self-regulation. Prescriptive morality is sensitive to positive outcomes, activation-based, and focused on what we should do. Proscriptive morality is sensitive to negative outcomes, inhibition-based, and focused on what we should not do. Seven studies profile these two faces of morality, support their distinct motivational underpinnings, and provide evidence of moral asymmetry. Both are well-represented in individuals' moral repertoire and equivalent in terms of moral weight, but proscriptive morality is condemnatory and strict, whereas prescriptive morality is commendatory and not strict. More specifically, in these studies proscriptive morality was perceived as concrete, mandatory, and duty-based, whereas prescriptive morality was perceived as more abstract, discretionary, and based in duty or desire; proscriptive immorality resulted in greater blame, whereas prescriptive morality resulted in greater moral credit. Implications for broader social regulation, including cross-cultural differences and political orientation, are discussed.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Personality and Social Psychologyen
dc.rights(c) 2009 American Psychological Association. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.en
dc.subjectMoralityen
dc.subjectSelf-regulationen
dc.subjectApproachen
dc.subjectAvoidanceen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.titleProscriptive versus prescriptive morality : Two faces of moral regulationen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1037/a0013779
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/psp/index.aspxen


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