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Sociology

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Cooperation

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Morals ‘Trump’ Party: Make America Cooperate Again, Jered Abernathy Oct 2020

Morals ‘Trump’ Party: Make America Cooperate Again, Jered Abernathy

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Conflict between Democrats and Republicans is a central component of the contemporary American political system. Negative feelings and discrimination based on political orientation are at an all-time high, leading otherwise similar Americans to deeply distrust one another. Social identity theory provides a framework for not only understanding how this distrust between partisans persists, but how it may be negated. This study builds on recent work on moral judgments and trust games to create situations to increase trust across party lines. Using an online-experimental design, this study investigates the effects of two types of moral judgments on trust building: 1) moral …


The Enforcement Of Moral Boundaries Promotes Cooperation And Prosocial Behavior In Groups, Brent Simpson, Rob Willer, Ashley Harrell Feb 2017

The Enforcement Of Moral Boundaries Promotes Cooperation And Prosocial Behavior In Groups, Brent Simpson, Rob Willer, Ashley Harrell

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The threat of free-riding makes the marshalling of cooperation from group members a fundamental challenge of social life. Where classical social science theory saw the enforcement of moral boundaries as a critical way by which group members regulate one another’s self-interest and build cooperation, moral judgments have most often been studied as processes internal to individuals. Here we investigate how the interpersonal expression of positive and negative moral judgments encourages cooperation in groups and prosocial behavior between group members. In a laboratory experiment, groups whose members could make moral judgments achieved greater cooperation than groups with no capacity to sanction, …


The Shadow Of Consumption - How The Anticipation Of Active Use Serves As A Solution To The Public Good Dilemma, Michael Hahn Jan 2013

The Shadow Of Consumption - How The Anticipation Of Active Use Serves As A Solution To The Public Good Dilemma, Michael Hahn

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