caa a22 4500 606238379 CHVBK 20210128101258.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10677-015-9574-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10677-015-9574-8 Sie Maureen Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut Moral Hypocrisy and Acting for Reasons: How Moralizing Can Invite Self-Deception [Elektronische Daten] [Maureen Sie] According to some, contemporary social psychology is aptly described as a study in moral hypocrisy. In this paper we argue that this is unfortunate when understood as establishing that we only care about appearing to act morally, not about true moral action. A philosophically more interesting interpretation of the "moral hypocrisy”-findings understands it to establish that we care so much about morality that it might lead to (1) self-deception about the moral nature of our motives and/or (2) misperceptions regarding what we should or should not do in everyday or experimental situations. In this paper we argue for this claim by elaborating on a fascinating series of experiments by Daniel Batson and his colleagues who have consistently contributed to the moral hypocrisy findings since the late nineties, and showing in what way they contribute to a better understanding of moral agency, rather than undermine the idea that we are moral agents. The Author(s), 2015 Moral hypocrisy nationallicence Self-deception nationallicence Acting for reasons nationallicence Moral agency nationallicence Daniel Batson nationallicence Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/2(2015-04-01), 223-235 1386-2820 18:2<223 2015 18 10677 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9574-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9574-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Sie Maureen Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/2(2015-04-01), 223-235 1386-2820 18:2<223 2015 18 10677