Combining insights from Moral Foundations Theory and the Durkheimian tradition, we examine the effects of moral intuitions on suicide risk. We argue that moral intuitions constitute a moral-regulative force that individuals bring with them into a range of socially structured settings and that influence their behavior independent of the structural forces in play in those settings. Focusing on Iceland, an economically advanced country with a largely secular and individualistic culture, and using data from a national sample of youth between the ages of 16 and 21 (N = 10,710), we find that group-oriented (binding) moral intuitions are associated with lower suicide risk while individual-oriented (individualizing) moral intuitions are associated with higher suicide risk. We also find an unexpected (non-linear) protective effect among respondents with strong individualizing moral intuitions, and some evidence that the effects of individualizing moral intuitions on suicide risk are conditioned by involvement in socially integrative relationships. Overall, our results suggest that the sociological study of suicide would be meaningfully improved by incorporating moral intuitions into the model.

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道德直觉和自杀风险：来自冰岛青年国家抽样的结果^*

结合道德基础理论和涂尔干传统的见解，我们研究了道德直觉对自杀风险的影响。我们认为，道德直觉构成一种道德调节力，个人将其带入一系列社会结构的环境中，并且独立于这些环境中发挥的结构性力量而影响其行为。重点关注冰岛，这是一个经济发达的国家，具有广泛的世俗和个人主义文化，并使用来自16至21岁（N = 10,710），我们发现以群体为导向（有约束力）的道德直觉与较低的自杀风险相关，而以个人为中心（个体化）的道德直觉与较高的自杀风险相关。我们还发现，在具有强烈个性化道德直觉的受访者中，出乎意料的（非线性）保护作用，还有一些证据表明，个性化道德直觉对自杀风险的影响是由参与社会整合关系所决定的。总体而言，我们的结果表明，通过将道德直觉纳入模型，自杀的社会学研究将得到有意义的改善。