Egalitarianism, Moral Obligation, and Prejudice-Related Personal Standards

Monteith, Margo J.; Walters, Gina L.

doi:10.1177/0146167298242007

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“…Recent research has shown that individuals can encourage a more accepting normative climate by vocalizing their personal nonprejudiced standards (Monteith & Walters, 1998) and by directly confronting the perpetrators of sexual prejudice (Czopp & Monteith, 2003). Remaining silent, in contrast, actually contributes to the problem and can, in fact, be deadly.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians: The Role of Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice

Ratcliff

Lassiter²,

Markman³

et al. 2006

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

101

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Research has uncovered consistent gender differences in attitudes toward gay men, with women expressing less prejudice than men (Herek, 2003). Attitudes toward lesbians generally show a similar pattern, but to a weaker extent. The present work demonstrated that motivation to respond without prejudice importantly contributes to these divergent attitudes. Study 1 revealed that women evince higher internal motivation to respond without prejudice (IMS, Plant & Devine, 1998) than do men and that this difference partially mediates the relationship between gender and attitudes toward gay men. The second study replicated this finding and demonstrated that IMS mediates the relationship between gender and attitudes toward lesbians. Study 2 further revealed that gender-role variables contribute to the observed gender differences in motivation to respond without prejudice. These findings provide new insights into the nature of sexual prejudice and for the first time point to possible antecedents of variation in motivation to respond without prejudice.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians: The Role of Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice

Ratcliff

Lassiter²,

Markman³

et al. 2006

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

101

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“…In much work on values, for instance, the interpretation of the equality concept is left open to participants answering self-report questionnaires (Schwartz & Bilsky, 1987). This has an inherent ambiguity as there is evidence that people's own conceptions of the term "egalitarianism" vary considerably (Monteith & Walters, 1998). When the structure of self-reported values is subjected to empirical analysis (Schwartz & Bilsky, 1987, equality allies closely with concepts such as 'helpful', 'forgiving' and 'loving', the constellation of which values define a domain that reflects an active, positive concern for the welfare of others: prosociality.…”

Section: Unconditional Respect and Concepts Of Equality In Social Psymentioning

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Unconditional respect for persons: A social psychological analysis

Lalljee¹,

Laham

Tam³

2007

Gruppendynamik

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It has been suggested that unconditional respect for persons, i.e. respect that is due to everyone simply as a function of their being persons, is the most fundamental kind of respect. Showing unconditional respect towards someone involves recognizing their integrity as a person and their status as an autonomous rational actor. This idea is a cornerstone of much moral, social and political theory. While the idea implicitly underlies some contemporary psychological work on respect, for the most part this fundamental moral orientation has been neglected in psychology. The concept needs clear explication and measurement if its explanatory and predictive value is to be fully realised. This paper will explore the concept of unconditional respect, describe a scale for measuring individual differences in this attitude, and then go on to position unconditional respect, both conceptually and empirically, amongst other relevant social psychological constructs such as Social Dominance Orientation, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Empathy and Perspective-taking. We then provide some evidence on, as well as speculation about, the role of unconditional respect in interpersonal and intergroup relations.

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“…Research to date has established positive relationships with variables such as Agreeableness, empathy and perspective taking, and negative relationships with SDO. Relationships of RfP with other, related variables such as Machiavellianism (Christie & Geis, 1970) and egalitarianism (e.g., Monteith & Walters, 1998;Moskowitz, Gollwitzer, Wasel, & Schaal, 1999) should also be explored. Although the conceptual relationships between respect for persons and such constructs have been explored elsewhere (Lalljee et al, 2007), empirical work is nevertheless required to more adequately situate RfP in the nomological network.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Respect for persons in the intergroup context: Self—other overlap and intergroup emotions as mediators of the impact of respect on action tendencies

Laham

Tam²,

Lalljee

et al. 2009

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Two studies examined self—other overlap and intergroup emotions as mediators of the effects of respect for persons on action tendencies towards outgroup members. In contexts of both mild (Study 1) and more severe (Study 2) intergroup conflict, respect for persons predicted action tendencies towards outgroup members: those who value the intrinsic worth of others (high respect for persons) expressed less negative and more positive action tendencies towards outgroup members than did those with low respect for persons. These effects were obtained while controlling for Social Dominance Orientation and Agreeableness (Study 1). Further, the effects of respect for persons on action tendencies were shown to be partially mediated by self—other overlap and intergroup emotions. The findings support previous work in suggesting that respect for persons is an important predictor in intergroup contexts, and they highlight potential mechanisms through which respect might operate.

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Egalitarianism, Moral Obligation, and Prejudice-Related Personal Standards

Cited by 65 publications

References 43 publications

Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians: The Role of Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice

Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians: The Role of Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice

Unconditional respect for persons: A social psychological analysis

Respect for persons in the intergroup context: Self—other overlap and intergroup emotions as mediators of the impact of respect on action tendencies

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