Publication details
Souvislost mezi zdůvodněním a řešením morálního dilematu a percepcí odpovědnosti u adolescentů
| Title in English | Relationship between reasoning and solution of moral dilemma and perception of responsibility in adolescents |
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| Year of publication | 2003 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Československá psychologie |
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| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | moral dilemma; moral action; responsibility; adolescence |
| Description | Our research carried out in adolescents refers to the effect of moral dilemma's reasoning on perceived responsibility. A sample consisted of 213 participants (108 girls and 105 boys, almost 92% aged between 15 -17 years). They should name at least three situations in which they or somebody else did something good/bad. We have focused solely on statements in which participants described their own behavior. There was also used a moral dilemma concerning the abortion with eight alternative solutions: four of them justified the abortion and four gave reasons against it. The results showed that our participants described their good and bad action towards specific people (as parents, friends, old or unknown persons), i.e. they mentioned the object of responsibility. Or they emphasised an internal rule according to which they understood their behavior as good or bad. From our results follows that the differences in solving of the moral dilemma of abortion are influenced by general opinion rather than the level of moral reasoning. We found out that girls describing good and/or bad action towards unknown persons as well as boys describing bad action towards mother and father showed less agreement with abortion. In comparison with this, boys describing bad action towards friend indicated higher agreement with abortion. |
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