Prejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral Judgment
Abstract Based on the social psychology of development, this study investigated whether differences in moral reasoning would imply differences in prejudice, conforming with an egalitarian norm and in the use of moral justifications for the suppression of prejudice. A total of 555 Brazilians particip...
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| author | Pollyana de Lucena Moreira Luciana Maria Maia Júlio Rique Cleonice Pereira dos Santos Camino |
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| description | Abstract Based on the social psychology of development, this study investigated whether differences in moral reasoning would imply differences in prejudice, conforming with an egalitarian norm and in the use of moral justifications for the suppression of prejudice. A total of 555 Brazilians participated in this study, the final sample being composed of 500 Brazilians, who answered an online questionnaire with measurements used to assess the variables of interest in the research. Based on descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, the results indicated a relationship between differences in moral judgment and differences in the level of prejudice, in accordance with the egalitarian norm and the use of moral justifications. The results are discussed from the perspective of social psychology and moral development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e554033b72c404d975191821cbbac9f2023-08-15T07:43:00ZengUniversidade de BrasíliaPsicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa1806-34462023-08-013910.1590/0102.3772e39516.enPrejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral JudgmentPollyana de Lucena Moreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3783-0924Luciana Maria Maiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1491-5685Júlio Riquehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7383-5111Cleonice Pereira dos Santos Caminohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5756-7214Abstract Based on the social psychology of development, this study investigated whether differences in moral reasoning would imply differences in prejudice, conforming with an egalitarian norm and in the use of moral justifications for the suppression of prejudice. A total of 555 Brazilians participated in this study, the final sample being composed of 500 Brazilians, who answered an online questionnaire with measurements used to assess the variables of interest in the research. Based on descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, the results indicated a relationship between differences in moral judgment and differences in the level of prejudice, in accordance with the egalitarian norm and the use of moral justifications. The results are discussed from the perspective of social psychology and moral development.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-37722023000100606&tlng=enprejudicesocial normsmoral judgmentadoption |
| spellingShingle | Pollyana de Lucena Moreira Luciana Maria Maia Júlio Rique Cleonice Pereira dos Santos Camino Prejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral Judgment Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa prejudice social norms moral judgment adoption |
| title | Prejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral Judgment |
| title_full | Prejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral Judgment |
| title_fullStr | Prejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral Judgment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral Judgment |
| title_short | Prejudice and Egalitarian Norms: Analysis Based on Moral Judgment |
| title_sort | prejudice and egalitarian norms analysis based on moral judgment |
| topic | prejudice social norms moral judgment adoption |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-37722023000100606&tlng=en |
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