An interconnection between reasoning and solving moral dilemma and a perception of responsability among adolescents.

Autor	Jana Jelínková, Mojmír Tyrlík
Organisation	Psychologický ústav,Filosofická fakulta, Masarykova Univerzita
Year	2003
Research type	study
Annotation	The research focuses on the interconnection between reasoning, solving moral dilemma and the perception of responsability. A group of informants consisted of 213 adolescents (108 girls and 105 boys, 92% at the age of 15-17). The respondents were asked to mention three different situations in which they or someone else did something wrong or good. Only those answers that concerned their own actions were taken into account. The respondents were then asked to judge eight different reasonings of moral dilemma concerning induced abortion. One half of the respondents were agree, another half of them were against it. In the most of the cases, the adolescents judged their good or bad action in connection to a particular person (such as parents, friends) which means that they tend to relate their actions to an object of responsability. In other cases they emphasized an „inner rule“ according to which they evaluate their behavior as bad or good.
Keywords	moral dilemma; moral action; responsability; adolescence; induced abortion
Research type	quantitative
Start date	1. 1. 2001
End date	1. 1. 2003
Obor	AN Psychology
Note	JELÍNKOVÁ, Jana - TYRLÍK, Mojmír - MACEK, Petr. Souvislost mezi zdůvodněním a řešením morálního dilematu a percepcí odpovědnosti u adolescentů. Československá psychologie, Praha, Academia. ISSN 0009-062X, 2003, vol. 47, no. 6, s. 491-502.
Email	tyrlik@phil.muni.cz
Availability	available by the researcher
Research location	Psychologický ústav,Filosofická fakulta, Masarykova Univerzita, Arna Nováka 1, Brno 62000
Organisation	Psychologický ústav,Filosofická fakulta, Masarykova Univerzita
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