AUTHOR : 강윤정,박종희,최지영
INFORMATION : page. 89~107 / 2010 Vol.17 No.3
This study was conducted to explore the relationships between Virtue Ethics, Moral Reasoning and the Internal -External Locus of Control in students at a provincial university. This study was based on both the virtue ethics and moral reasoning approaches. The virtue ethics approach tends to emphasize virtues such as honesty, responsibility, empathy, respect, reliability, etc and these are virtues which have been acquired holistically over the course of a subject’s whole life. In contrast, the moral reasoning approach has tended to emphasize reasoning and it can be said to develop through a variety of societal and environmental influences and experiences. However, these two approaches have focused on a single factor, be that virtue or reasoning. Rest (1983) suggested a Four Component Model as a more integrated model. The Four components which make up this model are as follows; moral sensitivity, moral reasoning, moral motivation, and moral character. From this basis, this study examined the differences between virtue ethics, moral reasoning by grade and gender, and the relationships between virtue ethics, moral reasoning, and the locus of control. Two hundred and twenty students attending a provincial university responded to the following scales and measures; the Virtue Ethics Scale (VES), the Korean Defining Issues Test (KDIT), and the Internal-External Scale (IES). Univariate analysis, multivariate analysis, and the Pearson correlation were used in addressing each research question. The results of this study are as follows: First, there were significant differences in virtue ethics and moral reasoning according to grade, whereas gender had no influence upon the level of virtue ethics and moral reasoning. Second, there was a significant relationship between the level of virtue ethics and the level of the locus of control. Furthermore, each factor (empathy, protestant work ethic, piety, respect, reliability, and incorruptibility) which made up the virtue ethics under examination, was related to the level of internal locus of control, with the exception of one factor, that of piety. Fourth, there was no significant relationship between the level of moral reasoning and the level of the locus of control. Our interpretations of the relationship between virtue ethics, moral reasoning, and the locus of control were also discussed, as were the implications of this research.
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