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Empathy regulation, prosociality, and moral judgment

Empathy regulation, prosociality, and moral judgment
Empathy regulation, prosociality, and moral judgment
In this review, we examine relationships between empathy, prosocial behavior, and moral judgment. We focus on recent evidence for these relationships, with a focus on motivated empathy regulation as an important process that shapes empathic and moral outcomes. In particular, we highlight tradeoffs in contexts that involve competing victims with different needs, such as in large-scale suffering situations and sacrificial moral dilemmas, as well as on effects on punishment and recursive effects of morality on empathy. Our aim is to integrate motivation frameworks in empathy regulation and social cognition with prosocial and moral judgments.
empathy, compassion, prosocial, morality, emotion regulation
2352-250X
188 - 195
Cameron, C. Daryl
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Conway, Paul
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Scheffer, Julian A.
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Cameron, C. Daryl
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Conway, Paul
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Scheffer, Julian A.
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Cameron, C. Daryl, Conway, Paul and Scheffer, Julian A. (2021) Empathy regulation, prosociality, and moral judgment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 188 - 195. (doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.09.011).

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In this review, we examine relationships between empathy, prosocial behavior, and moral judgment. We focus on recent evidence for these relationships, with a focus on motivated empathy regulation as an important process that shapes empathic and moral outcomes. In particular, we highlight tradeoffs in contexts that involve competing victims with different needs, such as in large-scale suffering situations and sacrificial moral dilemmas, as well as on effects on punishment and recursive effects of morality on empathy. Our aim is to integrate motivation frameworks in empathy regulation and social cognition with prosocial and moral judgments.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 21 September 2021
Published date: 22 October 2021
Keywords: empathy, compassion, prosocial, morality, emotion regulation

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Local EPrints ID: 472609
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/472609
ISSN: 2352-250X
PURE UUID: 932b6edb-d84e-4b6a-a9bf-edbbefeae395
ORCID for Paul Conway: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-6008

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Date deposited: 12 Dec 2022 17:34
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:17

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Author: C. Daryl Cameron
Author: Paul Conway ORCID iD
Author: Julian A. Scheffer

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