What does the moral foundations questionnaire measure?

The Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ) is a self-report measure that was designed to assess the degree to which people prioritize five foundational domains in moral decision-making: Harm/Care, Fairness/Reciprocity, Ingroup/Loyalty, Authority/Respect, and Purity/Sanctity (Graham et al. 2011).

What is the moral foundation of justice?

The psychologists call this framework “moral foundation theory.” Moral foundation theory argues that there are five basic moral foundations: (1) harm/care, (2) fairness/reciprocity, (3) ingroup/loyalty, (4) authority/respect, and (5) purity/sanctity.

How do you score the moral foundations questionnaire?

To score the MFQ yourself, you can copy your answers into the grid below. Then add up the 6 numbers in each of the five columns and write each total in the box at the bottom of the column. The box then shows your score on each of 5 psychological “foundations” of morality. Scores run from 0-30 for each foundation.

When the government makes laws the number one principle should be ensuring that everyone is treated fairly?

Fairness: FAIRLY – When the government makes laws, the number one principle should be ensuring that everyone is treated fairly. JUSTICE – Justice is the most important requirement for a society. RICH – I think it’s morally wrong that rich children inherit a lot of money while poor children inherit nothing.

Who developed the moral foundations questionnaire?

The scale you completed was the “Moral Foundations Questionnaire,” developed by Jesse Graham and Jonathan Haidt at the University of Virginia. The scale is a measure of your reliance on and endorsement of five psychological foundations of morality that seem to be found across cultures.

Which of Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning is applied when a person breaks the law in favor of upholding their moral values?

Preconventional morality is the first stage of moral development, and lasts until approximately age 9. At the preconventional level children don’t have a personal code of morality, and instead moral decisions are shaped by the standards of adults and the consequences of following or breaking their rules.

What are moral pillars?

The theory proposes six foundations: Care/Harm, Fairness/Cheating, Loyalty/Betrayal, Authority/Subversion, Sanctity/Degradation, and Liberty/Oppression; while its authors remain open to the addition, subtraction or modification of the set of foundations.