Do normative transgressions affect punitive judgements? an empirical test of the psychoanalytic scapegoat hypothesis
According to psychoanalytic theory, punitiveness is based on a projection of one's own immoral desires and the moral conflict they cause (scapegoat hypothesis). This hypothesis implies that transgressors impose harsher punishment onto comparable wrongdoers. This effect should be amplified by st...
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