Are Civility Norms Morality Norms’ Little Sister? The Truth Value That Lay Thinking Associates with Civility and Morality Social Norms

Previous research shows that civility norms, such as morality norms, are necessary navigational charts to orient an individual in social life. However, there are no studies that establish the extent to which people consider civility norms as objective facts in a similar way to how many moral norms a...

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Published in:Social sciences (Basel) 2022-12, Vol.11 (12), p.568
Main Authors: Rodríguez-Pérez, Armando, Rodríguez-Torres, Ramón, Betancor, Verónica, Chen-Xia, Xing Jie, Rodríguez-Gómez, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Behavior
Civil society
civility
Community
Ethical aspects
Hypotheses
metaethics
Moral conditions
moral objectivity
Morality
Objectivity
social norms
Social values
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Summary:Previous research shows that civility norms, such as morality norms, are necessary navigational charts to orient an individual in social life. However, there are no studies that establish the extent to which people consider civility norms as objective facts in a similar way to how many moral norms are considered. This research examines the perceived objectivity of civility norms in contrast to morality norms. The results show, firstly, that immoral norms are perceived to be significantly more objective than moral norms, but the opposite occurs with civility norms. Second, there is a high correlation between what participants consider objective and what they believe the rest of their community considers objective. However, this correlation was greater for immoral behaviors than for moral behaviors, and the opposite occurred for civility behaviors. Finally, participants estimated that the percentage of people in their group who engage in uncivil behaviors is higher than those who engage in immoral behaviors.
ISSN:2076-0760
2076-0760
DOI:10.3390/socsci11120568