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The relationships between autistic trait and socio-moral judgments
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The present study investigated the relationships between autistic trait and socio-moral judgments. We used Autism Spectrum Quotient, a moral judgment task in which participants needed to consider both the intention and outcomes of a person’s actions, a moral judgment task in which participants were asked to evaluate a person’s utilitarian choices in moral dilemmas, and Moral Foundations Questionnaire. Autistic traits were negatively correlated with blame for failed attempts to harm others, suggesting that higher autistic traits were associated with difficulty in considering intentions in moral judgments. Also, higher autistic traits were associated with higher endorsement of utilitarian option on personal moral dilemmas, and lower endorsement for no-harm principle of moral foundations. These correlations were confirmed as group differences between high autistic-trait group (AQ >= 26) and a low autistic-trait group (AQ < 26). Our findings suggest that individuals with high autistic trait may have difficulty in considering others’ intentions and show lower sensitivity to no-harm principle in moral judgment tasks.
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- socio-moral judgments, moral foundations, morality, autism, autism-spectrum, autistic trait, 사회도덕적 판단, 도덕 기반, 도덕성, 자폐, 자폐 스펙트럼, 자폐 기질
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