An Empirical Study on Chinese and American College Students’ Moral Value Recognition
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2018
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii UAM
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Abstract
This study used a self-designed questionnaire to empirically evaluate Chinese
and American undergraduate students’ recognition of moral values in six dimensions:
honesty, civility & self-discipline, benevolence, unity & helping others, esteem, and filial
piety. In total, 743 valid samples from 8 Chinese universities and 157 valid samples from
4 American universities were collected for an experimental comparison. Measurement
results showed that the differences between Chinese and American college students
were not significant in the dimensions of honesty, benevolence, esteem, and filial piety.
These values, which originated in traditional Chinese culture, had the same priorities in
both groups, confirming a certain degree of universality. However, significant intergroup
differences existed in the civility and self-discipline dimension and the unity and helping
others dimension. These results highlight the importance of enhancing Chinese college
students’ moral consciousness, especially with esteem, and of enhancing American
students’ consciousness of unity and helping others.
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"This article was funded by The China national educational science’ Thirteenth 5 Years’ management 2018 project ”Great civilian and values recognition in new era”, No. BEA180114."
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Empirical study, China, American, college students, moral, values, recognition
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Ethics in Progress, Volume 9 (2018), Issue 1, pp. 118-127.