CREATIVITY AND MORALITY Explorations in Creativity Research Series Editor James C. Kaufman CREATIVITY AND MORALITY Edited by H K ANSIKA APOOR MonkPrayogshala,Mumbai,Maharashtra,India UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,CT,UnitedStates J C. K AMES AUFMAN UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,CT,UnitedStates AcademicPressisanimprintofElsevier 125LondonWall,LondonEC2Y5AS,UnitedKingdom 525BStreet,Suite1650,SanDiego,CA92101,UnitedStates 50HampshireStreet,5thFloor,Cambridge,MA02139,UnitedStates TheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,OxfordOX51GB,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2023ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved. 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ISBN:978-0-323-85667-6 ForinformationonallAcademicPresspublicationsvisitour websiteathttps://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals Publisher:NikkiP.Levy EditorialProjectManager:BarbaraL.Makinster ProductionProjectManager:SelvarajRaviraj CoverDesigner:MarkRogers TypesetbyTNQTechnologies Dedication To my parents, especiallymy mother, whosecreativity continuesto baffle(and entertain)meeveryday.dHK ToDr.GordonGoodman,whoisbothamodernrenaissanceman(psychologist, actor,artist,writer,composer,andscholar)andoneofthekindestandmostgenerous peopleIknow.dJCK v This page intentionally left blank Contents Contributors xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii I Introduction 1. Creativity, morality, and the AMORAL model HansikaKapoorandJamesC.Kaufman A:antecedents 5 M:mechanisms(individual) 5 O:operants(environmental) 6 R:realization 7 A:aftereffects 8 L:legacy 8 References 9 2. Morality and creativity overlapping in beneficial and harmful ways: an interdisciplinary exploration DonAmbrose Creativityasmultidimensional 13 Ethicsandmoralityasmultifaceted 14 Interdisciplinaryinquiryilluminatingtheethics-creativityoverlap 15 Caninterdisciplinaryexplorationclarifytheethics-creativityoverlap? 16 Conceptsfromvariousdisciplines:connectionswithcreativityandmorality 17 Reductivemegalomaniaandsterilecertainty 18 Creatingmassdeceptiontoteardowndemocracy 19 Macroproblems,panoramicscanning,andcognitivediversity 20 Moral-legaloverlap 22 Thechaos-ordercontinuum 23 Concludingthoughts 24 References 25 vii viii Contents 3. Positive creativity as the intersection between creativity, intelligence, and wisdom RobertJ.Sternberg Positive,negative,andneutralcreativity 31 Teachingforpositivecreativity 33 Discussionofwhyandhowpositivecreativityhelpstheworldand negativecreativityhurtsit 33 Rolemodelingfromyourownlifedpositiveandnegative 34 Positivecontrastedwithnegativemajorreal-worldexamples 37 Projects 39 Discussionofhowtorecognizepositiveversusnegativecreativity 40 Conclusion 41 References 42 II Dark influences on creativity and morality 4. Malevolent creativity: personality, process, and the larger creativity field KevinS.MitchellandRoniReiter-Palmon Creativity’sinnerdemons 49 Creativepersonalities 52 Processesforcreativity 58 Creativeoutcomes 61 Conclusion 63 References 65 5. The Dark Tetrad and malevolent creativity GayleT.Dow TheDarkTetrad 70 Conclusion 76 References 76 6. The nexus of morality and creativity vis-a`-vis deception: a cognitive framework JeffreyJ.WalczykandNatalieF.Cockrell Morality,deception,andcreativity 81 Activation-decision-construction-actiontheory 83 ix Contents ApplyingADCATtounderstandresearchonmorality,creativity,anddeception 89 Conclusion 93 References 95 7. Creativity and morality in deception SimonHenderson Introduction 101 Theinterpretationofdeceptionhasrealconsequences 102 Definingdeception 105 Thebuildingblocksofdeception 108 Thedevelopmentofdeceptiveskillsinchildrenandadults 110 Deceptionasacreativeact 112 Theethicsofdeceiving 113 Practicalimplicationsforexploitinganenhancedunderstandingofdeception 118 Conclusions 119 References 120 III Creativity, morality, and the self 8. Themixedmoralimplicationsofthecreativeidentity:howthe creative identity can lead to moral and immoral behavior LynneC.Vincent Creativityandmorality 129 Thecreativeidentityanditscontent 131 Moralimplicationsofthecreativeidentity 136 Conclusion 139 References 139 9. The intersections of creativity and complex moral emotions RadekTrnkaandIvaPola´(cid:1)ckova´ S(cid:1)olcova´ Introduction 145 Effectofsympathyoncreativeoriginality 146 Effectsofpride,embarrassment,andshameoncreativeperformance 147 Creativity,moralemotions,andsocialevaluation 149 Empathyandcreativity 151 Creativityandcomplexmoralemotions:futuredirections 153 Acknowledgments 155 References 155