Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 1419–1429
Muhammad Asim1, Abdul Wahab Liaqat2, and Syed Raheem Abbas Shah3
1 Lecturer Government Postgraduate College Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2 Lecturer in Psychology, Govt. Postgraduate College Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
3 Lecturer Government Postgraduate College, Bhakkar, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of cultural conservatism, basic democratic government endorsement, common good democratic endorsement and national militarism on the moral judgment competence. Data (N=96) of bachelor, master and m.phil students was collected from 2 universities and 1 postgraduate college in southern part of Punjab province, Pakistan. Culture conservatism scale, Basic Democratic Government Endorsement Scale, Common Good Democracy Endorsement Scale and National Militarism (War Politics) Scale were used for measuring cultural conservatism, basic democratic government endorsement, common good democracy endorsement and national militarism. The Urdu version of Moral Judgment Test was used to measure moral attitudes and moral judgment competence. The finding showed no relationship with cultural conservatism, basic democratic government endorsement and common good democracy endorsement, while there is a significant negative correlation with national militarism (r = -.27, p< .05) with moral judgment competence. The postconventional arguments also showed a negative correlation with moral judgment competence. These findings are discussed according to the prevailing political conditions in Pakistan.
Author Keywords: Moral Judgment Competence, Cultural Conservatism, Basic Democratic Endorsement, Common Good Democracy Endorsement, National Militarism.
Muhammad Asim1, Abdul Wahab Liaqat2, and Syed Raheem Abbas Shah3
1 Lecturer Government Postgraduate College Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2 Lecturer in Psychology, Govt. Postgraduate College Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
3 Lecturer Government Postgraduate College, Bhakkar, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effects of cultural conservatism, basic democratic government endorsement, common good democratic endorsement and national militarism on the moral judgment competence. Data (N=96) of bachelor, master and m.phil students was collected from 2 universities and 1 postgraduate college in southern part of Punjab province, Pakistan. Culture conservatism scale, Basic Democratic Government Endorsement Scale, Common Good Democracy Endorsement Scale and National Militarism (War Politics) Scale were used for measuring cultural conservatism, basic democratic government endorsement, common good democracy endorsement and national militarism. The Urdu version of Moral Judgment Test was used to measure moral attitudes and moral judgment competence. The finding showed no relationship with cultural conservatism, basic democratic government endorsement and common good democracy endorsement, while there is a significant negative correlation with national militarism (r = -.27, p< .05) with moral judgment competence. The postconventional arguments also showed a negative correlation with moral judgment competence. These findings are discussed according to the prevailing political conditions in Pakistan.
Author Keywords: Moral Judgment Competence, Cultural Conservatism, Basic Democratic Endorsement, Common Good Democracy Endorsement, National Militarism.
How to Cite this Article
Muhammad Asim, Abdul Wahab Liaqat, and Syed Raheem Abbas Shah, “Relationship of Moral Judgment Competence with Cultural Conservatism, Basic Democratic Government Endorsement, Common Good Endorsement Test and National Militarism: A Case Study of Pakistan,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1419–1429, August 2014.
