Taking Moral Foundations Theory as the morality framework, this study asked whether moral norms are prescribed differentially for various social roles, and what mechanism can be deemed responsible for that. We tested social perception as formulated by Stereotype Content Model as one such mediating mechanism. High‐ and low‐status roles from three social contexts varying in solidarity were presented to participants who expressed their perception of the roles’ warmth and competence, as well as moral prescriptions/proscriptions regarding them as both actor and target of acts. Perceived warmth mediated the relationship between solidarity and role‐as‐actor Fairness, Sanctity, and Liberty, and role‐as‐target Care and Sanctity, whereas competence mediated the link between perceived status and role‐as‐target Care and Fairness. Moreover, the interaction of warmth and competence predicted role‐as‐actor Authority and role‐as‐target Liberty. Overall, we found evidence for the role‐dependency of moral norms, partially explained through perception of the social roles, thereby involving the underlying motive of protecting ingroups’ and reference groups’ position as suggested by SCM. However, given a number of unmediated links, other motives are also suspected to be involved, which remain to be explored.

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对温暖和能力的看法是否解释了关于不同社会角色的道德规范？

本研究以道德基础理论为道德框架，询问是否针对各种社会角色以不同的方式规定了道德规范，以及可以认为是哪种机制负责。我们测试了刻板印象内容模型（Stereotype Content Model）提出的一种社会中介感。向参加者展示了来自三个社会背景的高地位和低地位的角色，他们表达了他们对角色的热情和能力的认识，以及关于将角色既作为演员又作为行为目标的道德规定/禁令。感知的温暖介导了团结与角色扮演者的公平，神圣与自由之间的关系，以及角色作为目标的关怀与神圣之间的关系，而能力则介导了感知状态与角色扮演的目标关怀与公平之间的联系。此外，热情与能力的相互作用预测了角色扮演者的权威和角色扮演的目标自由。总体而言，我们发现了道德规范的角色依赖性的证据，部分通过对社会角色的理解来解释，从而涉及了SCM建议的保护群体和参考群体地位的潜在动机。但是，由于存在许多未调解的联系，也怀疑涉及其他动机，有待探索。