Moral reasoning and political ideology.

1 July 1973

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Vol. 27 (1) , 109-119
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0034434

Abstract

Gave undergraduates (N = 75) on 8 major campuses the Kohlberg Moral Dilemmas Test and measures of political ideology during May, 1970. Results show that Ss who reasoned at the conventional moral level were politically conservative, while preconventional Ss favored violent radicalism. Further analysis showed extremely high correlations between Stage 4 (law and order) reasoning and conservatism. Postconventional moral reasoning was associated with the rejection of conservative views but not with the acceptance of radical ideology. The seemingly intimate relationship between the logical structures of moral argumentation and the content of political ideology is discussed. (34 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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