Nordic Moral Climates - Value Continuities Discontinuities in Denmark, Finland, Norway,

Based mainly on representative samples in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, this is a survey of moral values in Scandinavia. It combines interview questions on crime and justice with moral questions concerning equality, tolerance, and personal, social, religious, political and national values.

List of contents

List of Figures, List of Tables, Foreword, Preface, Part I, 1. An Introduction to the Nordic Countries, 2. Theories of Law and Morality, Part II, 3. Outline of the Study on Nordic Moral Climates, 4. Equality and Confidence in Institutions, 5. Moral Justification and the Criminalization Structure, 6. Criminal Behavior and Victimization, 7. General Prevention and Punitiveness, Part III, 8. Tolerance and Social Values, 9. Political and National Values, 10. Personal and Religious Values, Part IV, 11. Constellation of Attitudes and Background Variables, 12. Postmaterialism, Age, and Punitiveness, 13. Analysis of Variance, European Values Study, and Trend Analysis, 14. Final Remarks, Appendix A: Sampling and Representativeness, Appendix B: Questionnaire, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Ulla Bondeson

Summary

Morality was a dominant theme in the 1990s, but concerns about morality seem omnipresent in the first years of the third millennium

Product details

• Authors: Ulla Bondeson, Ulla V. Bondeson
• Assisted by: Ulla Bondeson (Editor), Ulla V. Bondeson (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2003
• EAN: 9780765802033
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0203-3
• No. of pages: 295
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues & debates, Ethical issues and debates