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blame-praiseasymmetry1 CONSTRUCTBlame-praise asymmetryPIZARRO · MORAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Moral psychology

the finding that impulsive acts reduce blame for bad deeds but not praise for good ones, because people infer what the agent would want to want.

In moral psychology, blame-praise asymmetry refers to the finding that impulsive acts reduce blame for bad deeds but not praise for good ones, because people infer what the agent would want to want. This meaning comes from Pizarro (2003) in Psychological Science.[1]

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  1. Pizarro, D., Uhlmann, E., & Salovey, P. (2003). Asymmetry in Judgments of Moral Blame and Praise: The Role of Perceived Metadesires. Psychological Science, 14(3), 267-272. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.03433

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