O tempora! O mores! Generační a věkové souvislosti morálky ve stárnoucí společnosti

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Title in English O tempora! O mores! Generational and age context of morality in an ageing society
Authors

VIDOVICOVÁ Lucie

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Sociální studia
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords morality; life cycle effects; cohort effects; populational ageing; European Value Study
Description In this paper we look at European Value Study questions on justification of different types of behaviour in inter- and intra- generational, and cultural perspective. Justification of different types of behaviour is generally increasing; however the differences are not so big that we could talk about revolution in the morality of Czech society. Older people, often considered as the bearers of traditional values, tend to be more conservative than younger age groups, but they too show general tendencies towards liberalism in both dimensions under study - civic morality and permissiveness towards issues such as divorce, in-vitro fertilization or homosexuality. Except for age these attitudes are influenced mainly by sex, education and religiosity of the respondent. Intra- and inter-generational effects tend to support each other, but not unanimously in all dimensions, and they are strongly culture-specific. We wrap up our discussions with theoretical reflexion of the value-change-due-to-populational-ageing discourse in our society.
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