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Prevailing moral norms vary considerably from one society to another, and they have been changing over time. At the dawn of history, slavery, genocide and human sacrifice were morally acceptable in most civilizations: the prevailing moral order not only accepted them as standard practice, it sometimes even required them. Today, virtually all societies reject them: though slavery and genocide have not disappeared completely, they evoke almost universal disapproval and persist only as deviant phenomena.
Prevailing moral norms are shaped by a society's economic and social environment; to a considerable extent, they reflect the degree to which human survival seems uncertain or secure. The unprecedented rates of economic and technological changes linked with the emergence of postindustrial society are bringing exceptionally rapid changes in prevailing moral norms, making war less acceptable, bringing increasing gender equality and tolerance of outgroups such as gays and foreigners, and making democratic governance an almost universal aspiration.
Ronald Inglehart will examine detailed evidence of changing moral norms, using survey data from more than 80 countries gathered in the five waves of the World Values Survey, carried out in the 25 years from 1981 to 2006; and will interpret this evidence in the context of much less detailed historical evidence from the past 10,000 years.
Ronald Inglehart is professor of political science and program director at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. His research deals with changing belief systems and their impact on social and political change. He directs the World Values Surveys and helped found the Euro-Barometer surveys. Recent books include: Development, Cultural Change and Democracy, Cambridge University Press 2005 (co-authored with Christian Welzel); Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide, Cambridge University Press 2004 (co-authored with Pippa Norris); Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change around the World, Cambridge University Press 2003 (co-authored with Pippa Norris). Ronald Inglehart is currently guest at the WZB.
Information on participating / attending:
Please reply by July 10, 2006 to Karolina May-Chu: may-chu@wz-berlin.de
Date:
07/13/2006 17:00 - 07/13/2006 20:00
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Room A 310
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Law, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
06/21/2006
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Abteilung Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event17523
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