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Förekommer det skillnader mellan juristers och gemene mans moraliska ståndpunkter?

Guldbrand, Emma LU and McLellan, Eloise LU (2023) PSYK11 20231
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
Syftet med studien var att undersöka om juristers moraliska uppfattning skiljer sig från gemene mans moraliska uppfattning. Den teoretiska bakgrunden om moral utgick från Haidts “Moral Foundations theory”, i enlighet med denna teori utgick studien från att det finns fem olika moraliska principer som utgör den moraliska kompassen. Centralt för studiens teoretiska bakgrund om beslutsfattande och inlärning var kognitiv dissonans samt “social learning theory”. Datainsamlingen genomfördes med en internetenkät som bestod av tre verkliga rättsfall med fyra olika items per rättsfall. Enkäten bestod även av ett tidigare utformat frågeformulär “Moral foundations questionnaire”, baserat på Haidts teori. Det urval som tillämpades var ett stratifierat... (More)
Syftet med studien var att undersöka om juristers moraliska uppfattning skiljer sig från gemene mans moraliska uppfattning. Den teoretiska bakgrunden om moral utgick från Haidts “Moral Foundations theory”, i enlighet med denna teori utgick studien från att det finns fem olika moraliska principer som utgör den moraliska kompassen. Centralt för studiens teoretiska bakgrund om beslutsfattande och inlärning var kognitiv dissonans samt “social learning theory”. Datainsamlingen genomfördes med en internetenkät som bestod av tre verkliga rättsfall med fyra olika items per rättsfall. Enkäten bestod även av ett tidigare utformat frågeformulär “Moral foundations questionnaire”, baserat på Haidts teori. Det urval som tillämpades var ett stratifierat tillgänglighetsurval, datainsamlingen utfördes genom att kontakta organisationer där jurister var yrkesverksamma, enkäten delades även på olika sociala medieplattformar för att få stor spridning i deltagandet. I studien deltog 74 personer varav 30 var utbildade jurister. Den insamlade datan analyserades med t-tester och ett ANOVA test, resultatet visade att det fanns en signifikant skillnad mellan grupperna på alla frågeställningar. Jurister skattade signifikant lägre på tre av moral principerna, de höll även med domstolen i större utsträckning än vad gemene man gjorde. (Less)
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore whether or not there are any differences between attorneys and the average citizen's moral notions. The theoretical background mainly focused on Haidt’s Moral foundations theory, in accordance with this theory the study adhered to the five moral foundations that constitute the moral compass. A main part of the theoretical background was also the theory of cognitive dissonance and social learning theory, included in the framework to explain decision making. The data collection was done through an online questionnaire, which included three real cases with four items per case. Included in the questionnaire was also a previously composed questionnaire “Moral foundations questionnaire”, composed by Haidt,... (More)
The purpose of the study was to explore whether or not there are any differences between attorneys and the average citizen's moral notions. The theoretical background mainly focused on Haidt’s Moral foundations theory, in accordance with this theory the study adhered to the five moral foundations that constitute the moral compass. A main part of the theoretical background was also the theory of cognitive dissonance and social learning theory, included in the framework to explain decision making. The data collection was done through an online questionnaire, which included three real cases with four items per case. Included in the questionnaire was also a previously composed questionnaire “Moral foundations questionnaire”, composed by Haidt, based on his theory. The sample that was used in the study was collected with a stratified sampling method, the process of collecting this sample was to send out the questionnaire to organisations where attorneys are traditionally employed as well as sharing the questionnaire on different social media platforms to broaden the sample. Number of participants in the study were 74, 30 of which were attorneys with a degree of masters in law. The collected data was analysed with t-tests and an ANOVA, the results revealed that there was a significant difference between the groups on all question statements. Attorneys scored significantly lower on three of the moral foundations as well agreeing with the court to a greater extent compared to the average citizen. (Less)
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Guldbrand, Emma LU and McLellan, Eloise LU
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organization
course
PSYK11 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
moral, personliga värderingar, beslutsfattande, jurister, sociala värderingar, morality, personal values, decision making, attorneys, social values
language
Swedish
id
9122542
date added to LUP
2023-06-16 08:11:12
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2023-06-16 08:11:12
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of the study was to explore whether or not there are any differences between attorneys and the average citizen's moral notions. The theoretical background mainly focused on Haidt’s Moral foundations theory, in accordance with this theory the study adhered to the five moral foundations that constitute the moral compass. A main part of the theoretical background was also the theory of cognitive dissonance and social learning theory, included in the framework to explain decision making. The data collection was done through an online questionnaire, which included three real cases with four items per case. Included in the questionnaire was also a previously composed questionnaire “Moral foundations questionnaire”, composed by Haidt, based on his theory. The sample that was used in the study was collected with a stratified sampling method, the process of collecting this sample was to send out the questionnaire to organisations where attorneys are traditionally employed as well as sharing the questionnaire on different social media platforms to broaden the sample. Number of participants in the study were 74, 30 of which were attorneys with a degree of masters in law. The collected data was analysed with t-tests and an ANOVA, the results revealed that there was a significant difference between the groups on all question statements. Attorneys scored significantly lower on three of the moral foundations as well agreeing with the court to a greater extent compared to the average citizen.}},
  author       = {{Guldbrand, Emma and McLellan, Eloise}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Förekommer det skillnader mellan juristers och gemene mans moraliska ståndpunkter?}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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