Ethical ideology and judgments of social psychological research: Multidimensional analysis.

Forsyth, Donelson R.; Pope, William R.

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.46.6.1365

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“…Last, exceptionists score low on both dimensions and therefore believe that moral rules should guide behavior but that actions yielding some negative consequences should not necessarily be condemned. Individuals who endorse different ideologies have been found to divaricate on many contemporary moral issues (e.g., euthanasia, homosexuality, abortion : Forsyth, 1980); when attributing responsibility after wrongdoing (Forsyth, 1981); when judging the ethics of psychological research (Forsyth & Pope, 1984;Schlenker & Forsyth, 1977); and in guilt reactions after engaging in immoral behavior (Forsyth & Berger. 1982).…”

Section: Virginia Commonwealth Universitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Individual differences in information integration during moral judgment.

Forsyth

1985

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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An ethical ideologies model based on relativism and idealism was tested. Subjects judged the morality of an individual who produced a mildly or extremely positive or negative consequence by conforming to or violating a common moral norm. As predicted, an averaging model with differential weights accounted for situationists' (high relativism and idealism) and absolutists' (low relativism and high idealism) judgments; conformity to norms was discounted when the consequence was extremely negative or positive. In contrast, subjectivists' (high relativism and low idealism) judgments conformed to an averaging model; a mildly positive consequence lowered moral judgments of conforming actions. whereas a mildly negative consequence tended to raise moral judgments of nonconforming actions. Last, exceptionists' (low relativism and idealism) judgments were influenced equally by conformity and consequence. These individuals generally combined data in a strictly linear, additive fashion; the more positive the consequence or the greater the conformity of the action to a moral norm, thc more positive the moral judgment.

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Section: Virginia Commonwealth Universitymentioning

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Individual differences in information integration during moral judgment.

Forsyth

1985

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…In a subsequent study (Forsyth, 1981), individuals who indicated their personal moral philosophy as involving universal moral principles were more likely to rate actions that had intended negative consequences as least moral (see Forsyth & Pope, 1984 for similar results), while those individuals whose moral philosophy involved a willingness to violate universal moral principles to avoid negative consequences (i.e., an exceptionist orientation) rated the actions as most moral. Moreover, Forsyth (1985) also demonstrated that individuals endorsing different moral philosophies also processed decision-relevant information about their judgment and the consequences of their actions in different ways.…”

Section: Individual Differences In Moral Philosophymentioning

confidence: 81%

“…"Theoretically, individuals holding each of the … types of ideology could be expected to reason differently about ethical issues, and to often reach different conclusions about the morality of particular actions" ( Barnett et al, 1994, p. 472). Not surprisingly, the presence of these individual differences has been a focus of research interest within the area of moral decision making (e.g., Barnett et al, 1994;Bass et al, 1999;Forsyth, 1980;1981;Forsyth & Pope, 1984).…”

Section: Individual Differences In Moral Philosophymentioning

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Resolving ethical dilemmas: Exploring the role of moral principles

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Thompsom²

2007

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……..We sought to answer two questions via this exploratory study. First, we investigated whether or not individual differences in moral principle selection/preference existed in response to six moral dilemmas. Second, we sought to find out whether they were related to the demographic variables of sex and age. As part of a larger study on moral decision making, 64 participants read and reflected upon six ethical dilemmas, rated the extent to which 5 moral principles influenced their decisions regarding these dilemmas, and selected their preferred courses of action in response to each dilemma. Results of multilevel analyses suggest that there was significant within-and between-subjects variability in the extent to which the participants relied on various moral principles to resolve the dilemmas. That is, clear individual differences existed in the moral principles that the participants reported had guided their moral responses to the dilemmas. We also found that different moral principles were invoked to differing extents depending on the domain of the decision (non-moral, military moral and non-military moral). Of the individual difference variables assessed here, results revealed that age was a significant predictor of moral principle preference, with older adults being more likely to use virtue-and care-based principles than did younger adults. Sex was not significantly associated with moral principle selection. We discuss the potential implications of individual differences in the use of moral principles and offer directions for future research in this area. Résumé ….....La présente étude exploratoire visait à répondre à deux questions. En premier lieu, nous avons voulu savoir s'il existait des différences d'un individu à l'autre dans les préférences ou le choix de principes moraux utilisés dans la prise de décision face à six dilemmes moraux. En second lieu, nous nous sommes demandé dans quelle mesure, lorsque de telles différences existent entre les individus, celles-ci sont-elles liées aux variables démographiques que sont l'âge et le sexe. Dans le cadre d'une étude plus vaste portant sur le processus de prise de décision morale, 64 participants ont lu six dilemmes éthiques afin d'y réfléchir et d'évaluer dans quelle mesure cinq principes moraux influençaient leur décision face à ces dilemmes. Ils ont ensuite indiqué quelles étaient leurs lignes de conduite de prédilection face à chacun des dilemmes. Les résultats des analyses à niveaux multiples suggèrent qu'il existait des variations chez un même sujet et entre les sujets en ce qui a trait à l'importance qu'accordaient les participants à la portée des différents principes moraux pour résoudre ces dilemmes. Ce qui signifie qu'il existait des différences claires d'un individu à l'autre dans les principes moraux que les participants disaient avoir utilisés pour guider leur réponse morale à chacun des dilemmes. Nous avons également découvert que différents principes moraux ont été évoqués dans différentes mesures selon le domaine de décision (non lié...

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“…Upitnik je pokazao dobre metrijske karakteristike u drugim istraživanjima (npr. Forsyth, 1980;Forsyth & Pope, 1984). Ima 20 stavki od čega polovina meri dimenziju relativizma, a druga polovina dimenziju idealizma.…”

Section: ) Upitnik Za Ispitivanje Etičke Pozicije (Ethics Position Qunclassified

“…Ovo istraživanje govori u prilog Forsajtove teorije o značaju razlika u moralnim filozofijama na ponašanje ljudi, u ovom slučaju kliničkih psihologa (Forsyth, 1980). I u nekim ranijim istraživanjima pokazalo se da su apsolutisti stroži u suđenju o određenim etički diskutabilnim postupcima (Forsyth & Pope, 1984;Forsyth, 1985), ali kada se radi o uticaju etičke pozicije na ponašanje rezultati nikad nisu bili ovako jasni. Moguće je da je to rezultat drugačije metodologije tih istraživanja.…”

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Professional ethical beliefs and behaviors of clinical psychologists in Serbia

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Ethical ideology and judgments of social psychological research: Multidimensional analysis.

Cited by 117 publications

References 24 publications

Individual differences in information integration during moral judgment.

Individual differences in information integration during moral judgment.

Resolving ethical dilemmas: Exploring the role of moral principles

Professional ethical beliefs and behaviors of clinical psychologists in Serbia

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