Abstract The aim of the present study was to analyze the link between the five moral codes proposed in the Moral Foundations Theory and moral judgment of disparagement humor. We presented racist, sexist, homophobic, religion-disparaging and neutral jokes to a group of 108 participants, asking them whether they found laughing at a particular joke moral or immoral. Additionally, participants rated the level of amusement and disgust evoked by each joke. We also measured participants’ moral foundations profiles (Care, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, and Sanctity). The results confirmed that Care and Fairness were significantly linked to moral judgment of racist, sexist and homophobic jokes, whereas Loyalty, Authority and Sanctity were associated with moral judgment of religion-disparaging jokes. Moreover, these relationships were mediated by emotional responses of amusement and disgust (except for racist jokes, for which we observed no mediating role of amusement).

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贬低幽默的道德判断

摘要 本研究旨在分析道德基础理论中提出的五种道德准则与贬低幽默的道德判断之间的联系。我们向 108 名参与者展示了种族主义、性别歧视、仇视同性恋、贬低宗教和中性的笑话，询问他们是否认为笑某个笑话是道德的或不道德的。此外，参与者对每个笑话引起的娱乐和厌恶程度进行评分。我们还测量了参与者的道德基础概况（关怀、公平、忠诚、权威和圣洁）。结果证实，关怀和公平与种族主义、性别歧视和恐同笑话的道德判断显着相关，而忠诚、权威和圣洁与贬低宗教笑话的道德判断相关。而且，