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Diessner, Rhett; Iyer, Ravi; Smith, Meghan M.; Haidt, Jonathan – Journal of Moral Education, 2013
Aristotle considered moral beauty to be the "telos" of the human virtues. Displays of moral beauty have been shown to elicit the moral emotion of elevation and cause a desire to become a better person and to engage in prosocial behavior. Study 1 ("N" = 5380) shows engagement with moral beauty is related to several psychological…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Moral Values, Prosocial Behavior, Personality Traits
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Myyrya, Liisa; Juujarvi, Soile; Pesso, Kaija – Journal of Moral Education, 2010
The aim of this study was to clarify the relationships between empathy variables, personal values and moral reasoning. The impact of empathic concern, perspective taking and personal values measured by the Portrait Value Questionnaire on moral schemas measured by the Defining Issues Test was investigated among 599 students from a university of…
Descriptors: Interests, Perspective Taking, Norms, Moral Values