Moral typecasting operates independently of whether actions are good or bad

Evidence

The lack of an effect for moral valence indicates that perceptions of moral agency and patiency were indeed independent of moral valence, and was further evidenced by the high correlations between good and bad agency, r(58) .75, p .01, and between sensitivity to pleasure and pain, r(58) .88, p .01. Overall, the relative moral patient was seen to have less moral agency (in the form of blameworthiness for bad action and praiseworthiness for good action), and the moral agent was seen to possess less moral patiency (in the form of sensitivity to pain and sensitivity to pleasure)—findings that provide evidence for moral typecasting. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 57

Across a variety of targets, perceptions of moral patiency were inversely related to perceptions of moral agency, suggesting that moral typecasting is a phenomenon that generalizes to people in general. We also found that moral typecasting is independent of moral valence, as perceptions of relative insensitivity to pain is something possessed both by those who sacrifice their self interest for the good of humanity and those who are twisted by evil. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 73

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 57; Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 73
• XREF: connects to: Perceived moral agency and perceived moral patiency vary inversely across targets — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 39; Moral agency specifically, not general agency, reduces perceived moral patiency.; People exploit agent-and-patient casting to manage their own moral reputations — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 168 (+1 more)

Related

• Moral agency specifically, not general agency, reduces perceived moral patiency. (similarity 0.91)
• Perceiving someone as a moral agent reduces perceived moral patiency. (similarity 0.90)
• Only moral agency, not instrumental competence, suppresses perceived patiency (similarity 0.90)
• People more readily punish good moral agents than moral patients. (similarity 0.90)
• Moral agency and patiency perceptions are inversely related, not linked. (similarity 0.89)
• Perceived moral agency uniquely suppresses perceived victimhood, separable from general agency (similarity 0.87)
• Perceived moral agency and perceived patiency may trade off inversely even at extreme levels. (similarity 0.87)
• Enhancing perceived patiency reduces perceived agency, and vice versa (similarity 0.86)
• People exploit agent-and-patient casting to manage their own moral reputations (similarity 0.86)
• Perceived moral agency predicts expected behavioral tolerance of pain (similarity 0.85)
• Perceived moral agency and perceived moral patiency vary inversely across targets (similarity 0.85)
• Moral agency and patiency are distinct from general agency and patiency. (similarity 0.83)
• Moral typecasting overrides self-presentational reluctance to inflict pain (similarity 0.83)
• Mere association with a moral agent or patient shifts a target’s perceived moral standing (similarity 0.83)
• Moral agency and patiency are perceived along continuous dimensions rather than as binary categories. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• People exploit agent-and-patient casting to manage their own moral reputations #corroborates (0.82) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 168