Moral Judgment
A Study in Racial Frames of References
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5136192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melvin Seeman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 404 |
| Publication date | 1947-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2087284 |
| OpenAlex | W2320482007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
T WO MAJOR hypotheses dominated the design of the study reported here. It was held, first, that moral judgments would be differentially distributed for two similar populations, if the racial frames of reference for the judgments were dissimilar. This hypothesis represents a departure, in emphasis, from the view that moral attitudes may be taken as relatively fixed attributes of the person,' and focuses upon the situational frame as a variable. The hypothesis derives theoretically from, and finds its most elaborate broader statement in, the work of Sherif and Cantril, their work being an attempt to utilize the frame of reference concept as a common principle underlying the psychology of perception, judgment and attitudes.2 In their sense, and in ours
Criminology · Epistemology · Sociology · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,01 |
| Citation span | 1950 - 1950 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |