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- Dominant moral blame theories typically require an individual to either cause or intend harm to be judged blameworthy.
- The studies discussed show that people can still be blamed even when they don't cause harm, specifically when they benefit from someone else's misfortune, like betting against a failing company.
- The findings suggest that blame arises from perceptions of a person's malicious intent or character, indicating that moral judgments are influenced by both actions and character assessments.
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Dominant theories of moral blame require an individual to have caused or intended harm. However, the current four studies demonstrate cases where no harm is caused or intended, yet individuals are nonetheless deemed worthy of blame. Specifically, individuals are judged to be blameworthy when they engage in actions that enable them to benefit from another's misfortune (e.g., betting that a company's stock will decline or that a natural disaster will occur). Evidence is presented suggesting that perceptions of the actor's wicked desires are responsible for this phenomenon. It is argued that these results are consistent with a growing literature demonstrating that moral judgments are often the product of evaluations of character in addition to evaluations of acts.
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