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ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2020

The Characteristics of Moral Judgment of Psychopaths: The Mediating Effect of the Deontological Tendency.

Shenglan Li, Daoqun Ding, Ji Lai, Xiangyi Zhang, Zhihui Wu, Chang Liu

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Shenglan LiDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Daoqun DingDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Ji LaiDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Xiangyi ZhangDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Zhihui WuDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Chang LiuDepartment of Criminal Justice, Ningxia Police Vocational College, Ningxia, People's Republic of China.

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purposeMany studies explore the relationship between moral judgment and psychopathy in western culture, but the mechanism underlying this relationship remains unclear. By far, no research about this topic in the background of Chinese culture exists. In the current study, we adopt one of the creative process-dissociation approaches to explore the relationship between the psychopath and moral judgment.

methodsAdopt the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathic Scale, the Chinese version of Interpersonal Reactivity and Process-dissociation approach to explore the relationship between the psychopath and moral judgment.

resultsTraditional utilitarian moral score of the high psychopathy group are significantly higher than that of low psychopathy group (

conclusionIndividuals with high psychopathy tend to make fewer deontological moral judgments because of their decreased deontological tendencies rather than their increased utilitarian tendencies. They may make more acceptance choices not to increase the well-being of the majority of people, but because of their increased acceptance of hurting others in the moral dilemma.

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deontological inclinationmoral judgmentpsychopathyutilitarian inclination

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PMCPMC7069607

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