Rituals as basic social acts : Testing the relationship between collective rituals and norm objectivity

CHVAJA, Radim. Rituals as basic social acts : Testing the relationship between collective rituals and norm objectivity. In ISORECEA conference: Religion on the Periphery, online, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 15 –17 April 2021. 2021.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Rituals as basic social acts : Testing the relationship between collective rituals and norm objectivity

Autoři

CHVAJA, Radim

Vydání

ISORECEA conference: Religion on the Periphery, online, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 15 –17 April 2021, 2021

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ne

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

rituál; morálka; kooperace; objektivita norem; Rappaport; morální psychologie

Klíčová slova anglicky

ritual; morals; cooperation; norm objectivity; Rappaport; moral psychology

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

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Anotace

V originále

The perception of moral norms as objectively existing is a widespread feature of human cognition. Although various aspects of religious systems were suggested to enhance the objectivity of moral norms (e.g., belief in moralizing gods), the crucial role of ritual in the process has been neglected. Following Rappaport, we identify three characteristic features of ritual form - materialization, invariance, and digitalization, and investigate their role in promoting norm objectivity. In this talk, I will present results of 4 correlational (N = 977 in total) and one experimental study (in process) conducted on 3 populations which were designed to test the basic prediction of our theory that the frequency of collective religious rituals should be associated with perceived norm objectivity. Across these studies, we found that the more people attend collective rituals, the more they believed that moral norms are existing independently of space, time and humans. In the experiment, participants will write about their rituals in the experimental condition and about their ordinary day in work in control condition. Based on the theory and correlational results, we predict that writing about ritual will lead to more objective perceptions of moral norms.