대학생의 도덕 양심, 도덕 판단과 정치 성향의 관계

Moral judgment is often driven by moral conscience. Namely, moral conscience is an inner moral value which plays a substantial role in moral judgment. Additionally, individuals demonstrate social and cultural moral values through their political views. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between moral conscience, moral judgment, and political views. A total of 428 university students (154 men and 274 women) participated in this study. The findings indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between moral conscience and moral judgment. Moral conscience was influenced by political views (liberal and conservative). Liberal groups showed significantly higher mean scores in moral conscience and moral judgment than conservative groups. A difference in gender was evident as women had significantly higher scores than men in moral conscience. This suggests that moral judgments are indeed produced by moral conscience. These findings help illuminate the nature and intractability of moral conscience and moral judgment through political views. In addition, moral conscience should be recognized as an important mechanism of moral judgment in moral and civil education.