The effect of personal orientations toward intergroup relations on moral reasoning.
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| Title: | The effect of personal orientations toward intergroup relations on moral reasoning. |
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| Authors: | Passini, Stefano (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Moral Education. Mar2014, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p89-103. 15p. 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 2 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Moral reasoning, Social distance, Intergroup relations, Social dynamics, Defining Issues Test, Ethnic relations, Affiliation (Psychology), Adults |
| Abstract: | This article examined how the group membership of the person being judged influenced the level of moral reasoning. Nearly 200 ordinary Italians were given two measures of moral ingroup inclusiveness (the Bogardus social distance scale and a self-categorization measure) and the short form of Rest’s Defining Issues Test (DIT). The protagonists in the dilemmas were either Italian (ingroup member) or Romanian (outgroup member). Overall, the post-conventional score (P score) was related to higher inclusiveness. However, respondents with a narrow moral ingroup scored lower on post-conventional reasoning when the protagonists were Romanian (outgroup members) than when they were Italian. By contrast, those respondents with an inclusive moral ingroup obtained identical P scores on both types of dilemmas. Inclusiveness of the moral ingroup also mediated the relation of political affiliation and post-conventional reasoning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | This article examined how the group membership of the person being judged influenced the level of moral reasoning. Nearly 200 ordinary Italians were given two measures of moral ingroup inclusiveness (the Bogardus social distance scale and a self-categorization measure) and the short form of Rest’s Defining Issues Test (DIT). The protagonists in the dilemmas were either Italian (ingroup member) or Romanian (outgroup member). Overall, the post-conventional score (P score) was related to higher inclusiveness. However, respondents with a narrow moral ingroup scored lower on post-conventional reasoning when the protagonists were Romanian (outgroup members) than when they were Italian. By contrast, those respondents with an inclusive moral ingroup obtained identical P scores on both types of dilemmas. Inclusiveness of the moral ingroup also mediated the relation of political affiliation and post-conventional reasoning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| ISSN: | 03057240 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03057240.2014.884489 |
