Naslov
Some Aspects of Moral Reasoning of Law Students

Autori
Gregov, Ljiljana ; Proroković, Ana ; Tokić, Andrea

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of EDULEARN18 Conference / - Palma de Mallorca, 2018, 2537-2541

Skup
10th Annual International Conference of Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN18)

Mjesto i datum
Palma de Mallorca, Španjolska, 02.07.2018. - 04.07.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
moral reasoning ; law students ; ideological orientation ; academic orientation

Sažetak
The aim of this research was to compare some aspects of moral reasoning between law students and students coming from different academic disciplines (other social sciences and humanities). The research included 580 participants, all of them students, covering both genders: 350 law students, 123 other social sciences students and 107 humanities students. Participants took the Test of Moral Reasoning (TMR) (Proroković, 2016), which measures the index of moral reasoning (in range from 0 to 1), Kohlberg`s stages of moral development, and provides a “rough” estimation of ideological orientations (humanistic and conservative). The results showed that there was no difference in the moral reasoning index among students of different academic orientations, but the differences were significant with regard to specific stages of moral reasoning (Kohlberg's six stages of moral development). Law students showed certain specificities in relation to other students. Namely, they achieved significantly lower results at first, pre- conventional stage, but also the lowest results at last, post-conventional stage of moral development. As one might expect, the law students achieved the highest scores for the normative level. In addition, the law students showed the lowest level of humanistic orientation when compared to the students of other academic disciplines.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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