Moralization and Becoming a Vegetarian: The Transformation of Preferences Into Values and the Recruitment of Disgust

Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 67 - 73
Published: Mar 1, 1997
Abstract
We describe a rather common process that we call moralization, in which objects or activities that were previously morally neutral acquire a moral component. Moralization converts preferences into values, and in doing so influences cross-generational transmission (because values are passed more effectively in families than are preferences), increases the likelihood of internalization, invokes greater emotional response, and mobilizes the support...
Paper Details
Title
Moralization and Becoming a Vegetarian: The Transformation of Preferences Into Values and the Recruitment of Disgust
Published Date
Mar 1, 1997
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
67 - 73
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