The Moral Priorities of Rap Listeners
A cross-cultural approach to moral psychology starts from researchers withholding judgments about universal right and wrong and instead exploring what the members of a community subjectively perceive to be moral or immoral in their local context. This study seeks to identify the moral concerns that...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 18, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 312-342 |
Further subjects: | B
moral socialization
hip-hop culture
rap music
cultural values
youth subculture
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Summary: | A cross-cultural approach to moral psychology starts from researchers withholding judgments about universal right and wrong and instead exploring what the members of a community subjectively perceive to be moral or immoral in their local context. This study seeks to identify the moral concerns that are most relevant to listeners of hip-hop music. We use validated psychological surveys including the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (Graham, Haidt, & Nosek 2009) to assess which moral concerns are most central to hip-hop listeners. Results show that hip-hop listeners prioritize concerns of justice and authenticity more than non-listeners and deprioritize concerns of respecting authority. These results suggest that the concept of the “good person” within hip-hop culture is fundamentally a person that is oriented towards social justice, rebellion against the status quo, and a deep devotion to keeping it real. Results are followed by a discussion of the role of youth subcultures in moral socialization. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5373 |
Contains: | In: Journal of cognition and culture
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12340033 |