'Moral' versus 'Aesthetic'

Different types of moral cognition: Moral stages versus moral foundations

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.018 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 18438106828; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (G.L. Baril),wr Two measures of moral cognition were compared across three samples: Rest’s neo-Kohlbergian stages of moral developmental (DIT) and Graham and Haidt’s intuition-based Moral Foundations Theory (MFQ). I...

Aesthetic Pleasure versus Aesthetic Interest: The Two Routes to Aesthetic Liking

Although existing research has established that aesthetic pleasure and aesthetic interest are two distinct positive aesthetic responses, empirical research on aesthetic preferences usually considers only aesthetic liking to capture participants' aesthetic response. This causes some fundamental contradictions in the literature; some studies find a positive relationship between easy-to-process st...

Approaching Awe, a Moral, Spiritual, and Aesthetic Emotion

In this paper we present a prototype approach to awe. We suggest that two appraisals are central and are present in all clear cases of awe: perceived vastness, and a need for accommodation, defined as an inability to assimilate an experience into current mental structures. Five additional appraisals account for variation in the hedonic tone of awe experiences: threat, beauty, exceptional abilit...

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