The present study focuses on the interrelationship between perceived morality and perceived legality of behavioral scenarios presented to a sample of Taiwanese college students. The study's results indicate that personal moral values correlate with perceptions of legality for a majority of the scenarios examined. A similar study performed in the U.S. but focused on criminality. From this latter comparison, the following conclusions about homogeneous and heterogeneous societies are drawn. In homogeneous societies, like Taiwan, moral values are more widely shared and consequently appear to be more closely associated with perceptions of legality. In more heterogeneous societies, like the United States, moral values are more diffuse and individual's perceptions of legality is more loosely associated with perceptions of morality. Such interesting findings imply that "deviant" behaviors are culturally and historically relevant. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-09, Section: A, page: 3376. / Major Professor: Leroy C. Gould. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76723 |
| Contributors | Ho, Taiping., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 368 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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