ABSTRACT

This paper considers two studies that address negative affective states and moral reasoning while taking the Defining Issues Tests (DIT, DIT2). Both studies confirmed earlier findings that the DIT dilemma, ‘Heinz and the Drug,’ and the DIT2 dilemma, ‘Famine,’ are related to increased anger and sadness and decreased moral reasoning. Similar findings were observed in the context of a video consideration of a real-life dilemma paralleling these two dilemmas (Study 1). Comparable findings pertaining to Famine were also observed among three samples of different moral judgment developmental levels, further implicating the role of dilemma content where the trends observed are concerned (Study 2). Overall, both studies illustrated similar patterns of affective states and moral reasoning across all considered DIT/DIT2 dilemmas thereby offering further evidence of the joint involvement of rational deliberation and affective states in the consideration of DIT/DIT2 dilemmas.

摘要

本文考虑了两项研究，这些研究在进行定义问题测试 (DIT, DIT2) 时解决了负面情感状态和道德推理。这两项研究都证实了早期的发现，即 DIT 困境“亨氏与毒品”和 DIT2 困境“饥荒”与愤怒和悲伤的增加以及道德推理的减少有关。在考虑与这两个困境平行的现实困境的视频考虑中观察到类似的发现（研究 1）。与饥荒有关的可比调查结果在不同道德判断发展水平的三个样本中也观察到，进一步暗示了困境内容在所观察到的趋势中的作用（研究 2）。总体而言，两项研究都说明了所有考虑的 DIT/DIT2 困境中情感状态和道德推理的相似模式，从而进一步证明了理性审议和情感状态共同参与了 DIT/DIT2 困境的考虑。