Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms
Previous research shows that civility norms, such as morality norms, are necessary navigational charts to orient an individual in social life. However, there are no studies that establish the extent to which people consider civility norms as objective facts in a similar way to how many moral norms a...
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| author | Armando Rodríguez-Pérez Ramón Rodríguez-Torres Verónica Betancor Xing Jie Chen-Xia Laura Rodríguez-Gómez |
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| description | Previous research shows that civility norms, such as morality norms, are necessary navigational charts to orient an individual in social life. However, there are no studies that establish the extent to which people consider civility norms as objective facts in a similar way to how many moral norms are considered. This research examines the perceived objectivity of civility norms in contrast to morality norms. The results show, firstly, that immoral norms are perceived to be significantly more objective than moral norms, but the opposite occurs with civility norms. Second, there is a high correlation between what participants consider objective and what they believe the rest of their community considers objective. However, this correlation was greater for immoral behaviors than for moral behaviors, and the opposite occurred for civility behaviors. Finally, participants estimated that the percentage of people in their group who engage in uncivil behaviors is higher than those who engage in immoral behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73eb42d7868a483380965285b85937d52023-11-24T18:02:44ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602022-12-01111256810.3390/socsci11120568Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social NormsArmando Rodríguez-Pérez0Ramón Rodríguez-Torres1Verónica Betancor2Xing Jie Chen-Xia3Laura Rodríguez-Gómez4Department of Cognitive, Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, SpainDepartment of Cognitive, Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, SpainDepartment of Cognitive, Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, SpainDepartment of Cognitive, Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, SpainFaculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Canarias, 38300 La Orotava, SpainPrevious research shows that civility norms, such as morality norms, are necessary navigational charts to orient an individual in social life. However, there are no studies that establish the extent to which people consider civility norms as objective facts in a similar way to how many moral norms are considered. This research examines the perceived objectivity of civility norms in contrast to morality norms. The results show, firstly, that immoral norms are perceived to be significantly more objective than moral norms, but the opposite occurs with civility norms. Second, there is a high correlation between what participants consider objective and what they believe the rest of their community considers objective. However, this correlation was greater for immoral behaviors than for moral behaviors, and the opposite occurred for civility behaviors. Finally, participants estimated that the percentage of people in their group who engage in uncivil behaviors is higher than those who engage in immoral behaviors.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/12/568civilitymoralitysocial normsmoral objectivitymetaethics |
| spellingShingle | Armando Rodríguez-Pérez Ramón Rodríguez-Torres Verónica Betancor Xing Jie Chen-Xia Laura Rodríguez-Gómez Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms Social Sciences civility morality social norms moral objectivity metaethics |
| title | Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms |
| title_full | Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms |
| title_fullStr | Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms |
| title_short | Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms |
| title_sort | are civility norms morality norms little sister the truth value that lay thinking associates with civility and morality social norms |
| topic | civility morality social norms moral objectivity metaethics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/12/568 |
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