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Article: Perceiving a Lack of Social Justice: Lower Class Individuals Apply Higher Moral Standards to Others

TitlePerceiving a Lack of Social Justice: Lower Class Individuals Apply Higher Moral Standards to Others
Authors
Keywordssocial class
double moral standards
moral judgment
social justice
Issue Date2020
PublisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://spp.sagepub.com/
Citation
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2020, Epub 2020-04-06 How to Cite?
AbstractFour studies (N = 1,151) examined whether people with lower subjective social classes would be more likely to apply higher moral standards to others than to themselves. With participants from mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States, we found that people of lower measured or manipulated subjective social classes accepted others’ hypothetical transgressions less than their own transgressions (Studies 1 and 4), and they claimed others should allocate more money to their partners in a dictator game than they themselves did (Studies 2 and 3). This effect was mediated by perceived injustice (Study 3) and eliminated when the perceived social justice was boosted (Study 4). Higher class individuals did not show such discrepant self–other moral standards. A mini meta-analysis validates the reliability of the findings that only lower class individuals demonstrate double moral standards. Therefore, lower class individuals may increase moral requirements on others as a reaction to their perceived unjust disadvantages.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/286115
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.489
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dc.contributor.authorWang, X-
dc.contributor.authorChen, Z-
dc.contributor.authorPoon, KT-
dc.contributor.authorJIANG, T-
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-31T06:59:20Z-
dc.date.available2020-08-31T06:59:20Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationSocial Psychological and Personality Science, 2020, Epub 2020-04-06-
dc.identifier.issn1948-5506-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/286115-
dc.description.abstractFour studies (N = 1,151) examined whether people with lower subjective social classes would be more likely to apply higher moral standards to others than to themselves. With participants from mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States, we found that people of lower measured or manipulated subjective social classes accepted others’ hypothetical transgressions less than their own transgressions (Studies 1 and 4), and they claimed others should allocate more money to their partners in a dictator game than they themselves did (Studies 2 and 3). This effect was mediated by perceived injustice (Study 3) and eliminated when the perceived social justice was boosted (Study 4). Higher class individuals did not show such discrepant self–other moral standards. A mini meta-analysis validates the reliability of the findings that only lower class individuals demonstrate double moral standards. Therefore, lower class individuals may increase moral requirements on others as a reaction to their perceived unjust disadvantages.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://spp.sagepub.com/-
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Psychological and Personality Science-
dc.rightsAuthor(s), Contribution Title, Journal Title (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). DOI: [DOI number].-
dc.subjectsocial class-
dc.subjectdouble moral standards-
dc.subjectmoral judgment-
dc.subjectsocial justice-
dc.titlePerceiving a Lack of Social Justice: Lower Class Individuals Apply Higher Moral Standards to Others-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChen, Z: chenz@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChen, Z=rp00629-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1948550619898558-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85083070452-
dc.identifier.hkuros313714-
dc.identifier.volumeEpub 2020-04-06-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000524423800001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl1948-5506-

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