The Influence of Study Specialization on the Moral Reasoning in University Students

• Authors: Petra Lajčiaková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Significant importance has been attributed to moral judgment with regard to the moral and complex personal development of an individual. The study is focused on the moral thinking of university students, being interested in whether or not and to what extent does the university students´ specialization of study affect their moral judgment. A total of 180 students participated in the survey, half of them with technical specialization and the other half with humane disciplines. The Moral Judgment Test was used as a research tool for measuring their moral reasoning. The results showed a significant relation between the students´ moral reasoning and study specialization. Students with humane study specialization showed a much higher level of moral reasoning, referring to an input in the discussion on the method of developing university students´ moral competences.

Keywords

EN

moral reasoning; study specialization; technical studies; human studies

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Technologica Dubnicae
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 39-50

Dates

published

2013-06-01

online

2015-07-16

Contributors

author

Petra Lajčiaková

• The Catholic University in Ružomberok, Ružomberok, Slovakia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/atd-2015-0025