The Role of Structure-Seeking in Moral Punishment.
Four studies (total N = 1586) test the notion that people are motivated to punish moral rule violators because punishment offers a way to obtain structure and order in the world. First, in a correlational study, increased need for structure was associated with the stronger endorsement punishment for...
| Published in: | Social Justice Research Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 410 - 432 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2023
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