Moral judgment in Chinese society : the dynamic constructivist approach
| Autor: | Yu-ming Jiang, 江昱明 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 95 The major purpose of this article is to investigate moral judgment in Chinese society from two research inquires. First, the foundation of Chinese society is Confucian culture, from the cultural analysis angle, the author pointed out under the general situation, Chinese people's dominant moral judgment is Confucian duty-based moral principle and most important duty is the filial piety, it was so-called “ethics for ordinary people”( Huang, 1998). Second, according to the multi-dimensional moral judgment of dynamic constructivist view, the author believed that, the filial piety is not the only moral principle. Based on Dworkin’s theory, Chinese people may use three types of moral judgment in specific situation. Study 1 discussed the relation between father/son duty and the utility behavior conflict. The results indicated that in the stranger situation, because we do not have any specific duty to the stranger, therefore the judgment in utility conflict situation are similar to the western utilitarianism. But in the father/son situation, the results did not show the same pattern and father/son duty had significant impact on subjects’ judgment. The results of Study 2 indicated that “right principle” could be used as an available judgment clue. When important individual right were damaged, even in the “father as violator” situation, the subjects made more right-based judgment. But this influence is not equivalent between father and son, in the “son as violator” situation, the right-based thinking was stronger than the “father as violator” situation. Study 3 focused on how emotional factors affect people’s choice under different manipulations. The results again indicated that the effect is not equivalent between father and son, in the “father as violator” situation, the right-based thinking was still restricted. And this effect is more significant when the violated right is not our basic human right. |
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