Unconditional respect for persons: A social psychological analysis |
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Authors: | Mansur Lalljee Simon M. Laham Tania Tam |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK, OX1 3UD;(2) Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia;(3) Legal Services Research Centre, 85 Grays Inn Rd., London, UK, WC1X 8TX |
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Abstract: | It has been suggested that unconditional respect for persons, i.e. respect that is due to everyone simply as a function of their being persons, is the most fundamental kind of respect. Showing unconditional respect towards someone involves recognizing their integrity as a person and their status as an autonomous rational actor. This idea is a cornerstone of much moral, social and political theory. While the idea implicitly underlies some contemporary psychological work on respect, for the most part this fundamental moral orientation has been neglected in psychology. The concept needs clear explication and measurement if its explanatory and predictive value is to be fully realised. This paper will explore the concept of unconditional respect, describe a scale for measuring individual differences in this attitude, and then go on to position unconditional respect, both conceptually and empirically, amongst other relevant social psychological constructs such as Social Dominance Orientation, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Empathy and Perspective-taking. We then provide some evidence on, as well as speculation about, the role of unconditional respect in interpersonal and intergroup relations. Dr. Tania Tam is a social statistician at the Legal Services Research Centre, London. She has degrees in German and in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a doctorate from the University of Oxford. Her research interests have focussed on intergroup conflict, including issues of respect, forgiveness and trust; and on the effects of communication between grandparents and grandchildren on ageism. |
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Keywords: | unconditional respect Social Dominance Orientation Right-wing Authoritarianism empathy perspective-taking action tendencies |
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