A Review of the Research on Moral Psychological Licensing
道德心理许可研究述评

Moral psychological license may be defined as people's perception that they are permitted to take an action or express a thought without fear of discrediting themselves.We present evidence that good behavior in one domain can license otherwise-discrediting behavior in the same domain or an unrelated domain.Observers are sometimes willing to extend license to actors on the basis of the actors' behavioral history.The potential mechanisms behind licensing are moral credits and moral credentials which can be vi...