著者

青山 美樹

出版者

人間環境学研究会

雑誌

人間環境学研究 (ISSN:13485253)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, no.1, pp.13-21, 2022 (Released:2022-06-21)

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Loyalty is one of six criteria for moral judgment advocated by moral foundations theory. Previous research has demonstrated that those who rely more on loyalty have a conservative orientation and a tendency toward nationalism. This study examined the relationship between orientations toward the two concepts of patriotism and nationalism, which can be seen as partial components of national identity, and the moral foundation of loyalty, which can be seen as innate to human beings. The study surveyed a sample of Japanese people with the aim of examining the topic from various angles to gain an understanding of how these concepts are linked. The study’s results corroborate those of previous research and also confirmed the applicability to the Japanese population. Furthermore, these concepts were found to have the highest correlation with concepts that were related to history from among the six sub-concepts of loyalty. This suggests that in their orientation toward the nation, individuals place particular emphasis on the moral values shared among the people who make up a society, especially the value of history as a factual basis for sustaining that society, and further that these values can be subject to change through individual experience. The present study shows that perceptions toward one’s own nation, history, and politics exist in an integrated manner in the identity of individuals and explains individual ideological orientations partly. Additionally, it reveals that Japanese people also regard patriotism and nationalism as different concepts—albeit only slightly different.

著者

青山 美樹

出版者

人間環境学研究会

雑誌

人間環境学研究 (ISSN:13485253)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.2, pp.187-196, 2020 (Released:2020-12-25)

被引用文献数

1 1

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Disgust is perceived to be a negative emotion, which restricts or decreases an organism’s behaviour to defend the body, mind, and/or social order when exposed to stimuli from the outside world. However, disgust may also lead to behaviours that are advantageous for an organism’s survival and thus have value. Moral foundations theory proposes that human moral judgments are based on six inherent criteria, one of which is the moral value of sanctity/purity. This study explores the relation between disgust and sanctity/purity. Most research in this field has been conducted primarily in the United States and in Europe and has yielded contradictory findings. While disgust becomes moralized specifically in the domain of sanctity/purity, it is also related to a wide array of other domains. This study revealed that the disgust displayed by Japanese participants was not associated with sanctity/purity alone but was deeply connected to and affected by relations with others and moral values, namely, loyalty and authority, which emphasize the importance of continued survival and maintaining one’s social group.

著者

青山 美樹

出版者

日本国際情報学会

雑誌

国際情報研究 (ISSN:18842178)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, no.1, pp.12-23, 2019-12-24 (Released:2019-12-24)

参考文献数

14

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In various social situations, ideology, that is, a systematized conception of an idea, places restraints on individual action and judgment from a social perspective and constitutes the basis for appropriate behavior.As a concept, this is explained as the ideal way a person should behave socially, politically, and morally. It is also described as an individual’s social orientation. In recent years, it has been suggested that such individual orientations can be explained by the moral foundations theory, which argues that humans are naturally endowed with moral foundations. Using this theory, this study aims to examine political ideological orientations toward either individualism or collectivism in order to understand Japanese value systems. The study shows that moral foundations can predict individual political orientations to some extent and can also capture the orientations or belief systems of Japanese people based on their moral judgments, their political orientations and preference for cooperation and collectivism. The study shows that ideologies can partly be explained through psychological perspectives.