Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-2012
Abstract
In many honor cultures, honor as martial honor and honor as character/integrity are often both subsumed under the banner of honor. In nonhonor cultures, these qualities are often separable. The present study examines political elites, revealing that Presidents, Congresspeople, and Supreme Court Justices from the Southern United States with a greater commitment to martial honor (as indexed by their military service) also show more integrity, character, and moral leadership. This relationship, however, does not hold for nonsoutherners. The present studies illustrate the need to examine both between culture differences in cultural logics (as these logics connect various behaviors under a common ideal) and within-culture differences (as individuals rise to meet these cultural ideals or not).
Keywords
culture, honor, integrity, political elites, character, moral leadership, corruption
Discipline
Personality and Social Contexts | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Volume
3
Issue
2
First Page
162
Last Page
171
ISSN
1948-5506
Identifier
10.1177/1948550611412792
Publisher
SAGE
Citation
COHEN, Dov, & LEUNG, Angela K. Y..(2012). Virtue and Virility: Governing With Honor and the Association or Dissociation Between Martial Honor and Moral Character of U.S. Presidents, Legislators, and Justices. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(2), 162-171.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1083
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550611412792