Research On The Influence Of Temperature On Moral Judgment

Moral judgment is a process in which people evaluate the events around them according to the social code of conduct and basic norms.It is of great significance to people's life.Embodied morality has proved that the ecological environment the body is in has an unconscious influence on the moral judgment process of the subject to a certain extent.Based on embodied cognition theory,conceptual metaphor theory and moral judgment dual-processing theory,this study studies the influence of temperature perception on moral judgment from the perspective of body temperature and psychological "temperature".Experiment 1 explored whether body perception could influence individual moral judgment under different temperature perception conditions by manipulating temperature.The results showed that compared with the subjects under normal room temperature,the subjects under cold stimulus made more utilitarian moral judgments in the moral dilemma of high conflict.In the moral dilemma of low conflict,there was no significant difference in the judgments between the two groups,and both groups preferred moral judgments.In addition,among the influences of somatic perception on moral judgment,the mediating effect of cognitive need and reaction time is not significant.Experiment 1 has proved the influence of body perception on moral judgment.According to the dual-processing theory of moral judgment,the competition between cognitive channel and emotional channel determines the final result of moral judgment.On the basis of experiment 1,experiment 2 verified the mediating effect of empathy.The results showed that in the high conflict moral judgment,the cold stimulus reduced the subjects' empathy,and then promoted them to make utilitarian judgment.Empathy played a mediating effect in the influence of temperature stimulus and moral judgment.On the basis of the above two experiments,experiment 3 discussed whether the influence of psychological "warmth" and physical "warmth" on moral judgment was consistent.The experimental results showed that compared with the control group,individuals in the social exclusion group made more utilitarian moral judgment in the moral dilemma of high conflict.In the moral dilemma of low conflict,there was no significant difference between the two groups in judgment,and both groups were more inclined to moral judgment.In addition,the mediating effect of empathy is not significant in the influence of social exclusion on moral judgment.To sum up,the following conclusions are drawn in this study :(1)body perception has a significant impact on individual moral dilemma judgment;(2)empathy plays a partial mediating effect in cold stimulation and utilitarian moral judgment;(3)the psychological "changes in temperature" caused by social exclusion,like the physical changes in temperature,has a significant impact on moral judgment;...