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The Relationship of Dogmatism, Religious Affiliation, and Moral Judgment Development
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In this paper, the development of moral judgment was examined among college students of different religious affiliations, and the degree of orthodoxy of the religious groups with which they are affiliated was not significantly related to their moral judgment.Abstract:
Summary The development of moral judgment was examined among college students of different religious affiliations Degree of orthodoxy of the religious groups with which they are affiliated was not significantly related to their moral judgment; however, their degree of dogmatism was Dogmatism explained the very weak relationship between religious affiliation and moral judgment Frequency of attendance at religious services and number of years of religious education were also not significantly related to moral development These findings are interpreted as supportive of Kohlberg's theory of moral judgment developmentread more
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Religiousness and Business Ethics
Ellen J. Kennedy,Leigh Lawton +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined three frequently-studied dimensions of religiousness (fundamentalism, conservatism, and intrinsic religiousness) and their ability to predict students' willingness to behave unethically at universities with three different types of religious affiliation: evangelical, Catholic, and none.
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Social entrepreneurship: how intentions to create a social enterprise get formed
Johanna Mair,Ernesto Noboa +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed that behavioral intentions to create a social venture are influenced by attitudes such as empathy and moral judgment, and perceived social venture feasibility, which is facilitated by social support and self-efficacy beliefs.
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Determinants of moral reasoning : Sex role orientation, gender, and academic factors
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an empirical assessment of the relationship between an individual's moral reasoning level and his/her sex role orientation, gender, and several academic factors, finding a positive relationship between education and moral reasoning levels.
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Cheating, Lying, and Moral Reasoning by Religious and Secular High School Students
TL;DR: This article examined the incidence of cheating and lying on an experimental measure was examined from a sample of high school students who attended either a religious or a secular (public) school, and the Defining Issues Test was used to measure moral reasoning level.
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Predictors of Moral Reasoning: Components of Executive Functioning and Aspects of Religiosity
TL;DR: The authors found that executive functioning and two diverging aspects of religiosity (scriptural literalism and quest) are significant predictors of postconventional moral reasoning and were significantly correlated with each other.
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Moral development and moral education
TL;DR: In this article, a collection of essays was taken from Peters' larger work, Psychology and Ethical Development (1974) in order to provide a more focused volume on moral education for students.