Militärens vett och etikett: Sambandet mellan etik, moral och välvillighet i det svenska försvaret
(2024) PSYK11 20232Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Research in military ethics has shown that military members demonstrate a more positive attitude towards unethical behavior in warzones, which can be attributed to their malevolent personality traits and moral foundations. This study investigated the relationship between military ethics, the personality trait agreeableness, and aspects of moral foundations. Utilizing the Big Five personality model, Moral Foundations Theory, and an assessment of unethical conduct in warzones, the hypothesis posited that the differences in military ethics could be explained by agreeableness and moral foundations. A matched group design was used in order to facilitate a comparative analysis between a Swedish sample of military members and a sample of Swedish... (More)
- Research in military ethics has shown that military members demonstrate a more positive attitude towards unethical behavior in warzones, which can be attributed to their malevolent personality traits and moral foundations. This study investigated the relationship between military ethics, the personality trait agreeableness, and aspects of moral foundations. Utilizing the Big Five personality model, Moral Foundations Theory, and an assessment of unethical conduct in warzones, the hypothesis posited that the differences in military ethics could be explained by agreeableness and moral foundations. A matched group design was used in order to facilitate a comparative analysis between a Swedish sample of military members and a sample of Swedish civilians. Contrary to the hypothesis, the findings revealed that military personnel scored higher in ethics than their civilian counterparts, and that agreeableness was not a contributing factor. Furthermore, certain facets of moral standards could account for the differences in ethical conduct. The study sheds light on the nuanced relationship between military service and ethical behavior, challenges preconceptions and emphasizes the importance of empirical studies in understanding the multifaceted dimensions of military recruitment. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Forskning inom militär etik har påvisat att militär personal visar en mer positiv inställning gentemot oetiska attityder i krigszoner, vilket kan härledas till deras mörka personlighetsdrag och moraliska principer. Denna studie undersökte
relationen mellan militär etik, personlighetsdraget välvillighet, och aspekter av moraliska principer. Genom att använda femfaktormodellen, moralfundamentsteorin och en analys av oetiska beteenden i krigszoner, föreslog hypotesen att skillnader i militär etik kunde förklaras av personlighetsfaktorn välvillighet och moraliskt intresseområde. En matchad gruppdesign användes för att jämföra en undersökningsgrupp yrkesmilitärer
med en undersökningsgrupp civila svenskar. I motsats till hypotesen visade... (More) - Forskning inom militär etik har påvisat att militär personal visar en mer positiv inställning gentemot oetiska attityder i krigszoner, vilket kan härledas till deras mörka personlighetsdrag och moraliska principer. Denna studie undersökte
relationen mellan militär etik, personlighetsdraget välvillighet, och aspekter av moraliska principer. Genom att använda femfaktormodellen, moralfundamentsteorin och en analys av oetiska beteenden i krigszoner, föreslog hypotesen att skillnader i militär etik kunde förklaras av personlighetsfaktorn välvillighet och moraliskt intresseområde. En matchad gruppdesign användes för att jämföra en undersökningsgrupp yrkesmilitärer
med en undersökningsgrupp civila svenskar. I motsats till hypotesen visade resultaten att yrkesmilitärerna skattade högre inom etik än deras civila motsvarigheter, och att välvillighet inte var en bidragande faktor. Dessutom kunde vissa aspekter av de moraliska fundamenten förklara skillnaderna i etisk attityd. Studien belyser det nyanserade förhållandet mellan militärtjänst och etiskt beteende, utmanar förutfattade meningar och understryker vikten av empiriska studier för att förstå de många aspekterna av militär rekrytering. (Less)
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- author
- Eriksson, Samantha LU and Wansland Frisk, Julia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20232
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- military ethics, personality, agreeableness, morality, militär etik, personlighet, välvillighet, moral
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9148359
- date added to LUP
- 2024-02-12 08:18:08
- date last changed
- 2024-02-12 08:18:08
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abstract = {{Research in military ethics has shown that military members demonstrate a more positive attitude towards unethical behavior in warzones, which can be attributed to their malevolent personality traits and moral foundations. This study investigated the relationship between military ethics, the personality trait agreeableness, and aspects of moral foundations. Utilizing the Big Five personality model, Moral Foundations Theory, and an assessment of unethical conduct in warzones, the hypothesis posited that the differences in military ethics could be explained by agreeableness and moral foundations. A matched group design was used in order to facilitate a comparative analysis between a Swedish sample of military members and a sample of Swedish civilians. Contrary to the hypothesis, the findings revealed that military personnel scored higher in ethics than their civilian counterparts, and that agreeableness was not a contributing factor. Furthermore, certain facets of moral standards could account for the differences in ethical conduct. The study sheds light on the nuanced relationship between military service and ethical behavior, challenges preconceptions and emphasizes the importance of empirical studies in understanding the multifaceted dimensions of military recruitment.}},
author = {{Eriksson, Samantha and Wansland Frisk, Julia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Militärens vett och etikett: Sambandet mellan etik, moral och välvillighet i det svenska försvaret}},
year = {{2024}},
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