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<p>Perceptions of a wrongdoer’s intent strongly influence moral judgments, but several influential studies reported that intent plays little role in judging impure acts compared to harmful acts. However, more recent findings have contested this claim. Notably, though, these studies were conducted in Western cultures where purity is weakly valued. We recruited participants (<i>N</i> = 313) from Iran, a culture that strongly values purity. Intentional acts were judged more wrong than unintentional acts, and, crucially, this effect was significant for both impure and harmful acts, and its magnitude did not differ significantly between domains. Religiosity did not moderate the effect of intent differentially across domains. Findings suggest that intent is pivotal in moral judgment across moral domains, even in cultures with strong purity values.</p>

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Intent matters for moral judgements of purity violations even in Iran, a culture with strong purity values

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    2026年6月29日

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  • Sajad Sojoudi,
  • Tom R. Kupfer

摘要

Perceptions of a wrongdoer’s intent strongly influence moral judgments, but several influential studies reported that intent plays little role in judging impure acts compared to harmful acts. However, more recent findings have contested this claim. Notably, though, these studies were conducted in Western cultures where purity is weakly valued. We recruited participants (N = 313) from Iran, a culture that strongly values purity. Intentional acts were judged more wrong than unintentional acts, and, crucially, this effect was significant for both impure and harmful acts, and its magnitude did not differ significantly between domains. Religiosity did not moderate the effect of intent differentially across domains. Findings suggest that intent is pivotal in moral judgment across moral domains, even in cultures with strong purity values.