Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31337/oz.72.2.2
Bioethics and the Youth - An analysis of the correlation between certain socio–demographic characteristics of students and their attitudes towards abortion and capital punishment
Marko Marinić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9683-7571
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, Croatia
Valentin Pozaić
; Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The text, in terms of content, can be divided into two parts — theoretical and empirical.
The former, theoretical part of the text based on present understanding deals
with the issues of abortion and capital punishment. The basic features of contemporary
dilemmas and debates about these issues are presented, which then serves
as the basis for research problems. The latter, empirical part of the paper, states
that the empirical study was carried out among the students of Zagreb’s faculties
(N=311), and the results show that students are much more open to the idea of
abortion than of capital punishment. Various socio–demographic characteristics are
in different ways connected with the attitudes towards these issues, and conclusively
the need to encourage their own intellectual involvement is emphasised, along with
their critical revision of various information and “solutions” currently presented to
them. The need for quality education and schooling is also emphasised so that the
“moral underdevelopment” described by literature may be avoided to the greatest
possible extent.
Keywords
bioethical dilemmas; abortion; capital punishment; students
Hrčak ID:
184142
URI
Publication date:
10.7.2017.
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