Moral Schemas in Articulation and Intuition: How Religious People Evaluate Human Reproductive Genetic Technologies

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dc.citation.firstpage277en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSociological Forumen_US
dc.citation.lastpage297en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber32en_US
dc.contributor.authorEcklund, Elaine Howarden_US
dc.contributor.authorPeifer, Jared L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Virginiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, Estheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-11T20:05:52Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-08-11T20:05:52Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractAs new and more effective human reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) rapidly develop, religious voices remain an important part of public discussion about the moral standing of such technologies. Here, we compare how individuals from different religious traditions evaluate disease RGTs (detecting genetic diseases inﾠvitro) when compared to enhancement RGTs, allowing parents to select features of a child. Findings are gleaned from analysis of 270 interviews with individuals from 23 Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religious organizations, with supporting data from a national survey of more than 10,000 Americans. We find that respondents engage in clearly defined discursive moral reasoning to evaluate the propriety of disease RGTs while moral intuitions manifest themselves in responses to enhancement RGTs. We argue that schemas provide resources for moral discourses while also shaping moral intuitions expressed through emotions. Our results have implications for how religious people respond to new technologies when their institutional and denominational structures do not have readily discernable moral frameworks to guide responses.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEcklund, Elaine Howard, Peifer, Jared L., White, Virginia, et al.. "Moral Schemas in Articulation and Intuition: How Religious People Evaluate Human Reproductive Genetic Technologies." <i>Sociological Forum,</i> 32, no. 2 (2017) Wiley: 277-297. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12330.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12330en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96643en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the Eastern Sociological Society.en_US
dc.subject.keyworddecisionsen_US
dc.subject.keyworddiscourseen_US
dc.subject.keywordmoralityen_US
dc.subject.keywordreligionen_US
dc.subject.keywordreproductive genetic technologiesen_US
dc.subject.keywordschemataen_US
dc.titleMoral Schemas in Articulation and Intuition: How Religious People Evaluate Human Reproductive Genetic Technologiesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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