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Moral Judgments and Moral Integrity – Three Empirical Studies

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The paper is an attempt to obtain an answer to the question of how information concerning the behavior, views and emotions of another person influence the judgment of that person’s morality. For the purposes of the paper, the author defines the concepts of vertical integrity and its lack in positive and negative terms, thus taking part in the extensive debate concerning integrity in general. Study no. 1 made it possible to determine the key sets of ethical dilemmas among young adults: To have or to be? Should I conform to religious dogmas if my views are different? Should I tell the truth or lie? The dilemmas thus obtained made it possible to develop a questionnaire for studies no. 2 and no. 3 in which the respondents rated various hypothetical situations in terms of the degree of their morality. The studies confirmed the significant influence of information about an individual’s emotions and views on the judgment of that individual’s morality, so there are empirical grounds to recognize the existence of the phenomenon of vertical integrity/lack of vertical integrity with regard to morality. The person considered the most moral was always the individual who demonstrated the highest integrity in the positive sense, both in the Polish and in the international study sample, regardless of religious faith or lack thereof.

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    Mariola Paruzel-Czachura

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Paruzel-Czachura, M. (2016). Moral Judgments and Moral Integrity – Three Empirical Studies. In: Brand, C. (eds) Dual-Process Theories in Moral Psychology. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12053-5_8

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