supernormal morality online (IMAGE)
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Visual representation of the framework for how the scale and distance afforded by the internet distorts our evolved reactions for compassion for victims and punishment of transgressors in moral interactions. Top left: When the supernormal scale of the internet interacts with people’s instinct to feel compassion for victims of moral transgressions, it can result in compassion fatigue. Top right: when the supernormal distance of the internet interacts with people’s instinct to feel compassion for victims of moral transgressions, it can result in ineffective collective action. Bottom left: When the supernormal scale of the internet interacts with people’s instinct to punish moral transgressors, it can result in public shaming. Bottom right: When the supernormal distance of the internet interacts with people’s instinct to punish moral transgressors, it can result in virtue signaling.
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Robertson et al.
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