MORALITY AMONG PRISONERS - Moja Moralność

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MORALITY AMONG PRISONERS

Research Description

We study our original concept concerning moral paradoxes that affect people convicted of many crimes. The project will result in a series of articles about morality, moral judgments in prisons.

The team: Maria Luisa Vecina, Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Mateusz Blukacz, Bertram Gawronski, Weronika Waloszek.
Publications: Vecina, Marzana, Paruzel-Czachura, 2015; Paruzel-Czachura, Dobrowolska, 2017.

Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Mateusz Blukacz, Maria Luisa Vecina. Behind Bars, But Above The Moral Bar. The Primacy of Own Morality Appears Even Among Prisoners (under preparation).

Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Mateusz Blukacz, Maria Luisa Vecina, Jim AC Everett. Moral Profiles of Male and Female Prisoners Based on Moral Foundations (under preparation).

Research point

What prisoners think about their morality (moral identity)? Which moral foundations do they care about the most? Are there differences between female and male prisoners? Are murderers specific in their moral thinking? Are prisoners more utilitarian?

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