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O tempora! O mores! Generační a věkové souvislosti morálky ve stárnoucí společnosti
| Title in English | O tempora! O mores! Generational and age context of morality in an ageing society |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociální studia |
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| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | morality; life cycle effects; cohort effects; populational ageing; European Value Study |
| Description | In this paper we look at European Value Study questions on justification of different types of behaviour in inter- and intra- generational, and cultural perspective. Justification of different types of behaviour is generally increasing; however the differences are not so big that we could talk about revolution in the morality of Czech society. Older people, often considered as the bearers of traditional values, tend to be more conservative than younger age groups, but they too show general tendencies towards liberalism in both dimensions under study - civic morality and permissiveness towards issues such as divorce, in-vitro fertilization or homosexuality. Except for age these attitudes are influenced mainly by sex, education and religiosity of the respondent. Intra- and inter-generational effects tend to support each other, but not unanimously in all dimensions, and they are strongly culture-specific. We wrap up our discussions with theoretical reflexion of the value-change-due-to-populational-ageing discourse in our society. |
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