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than are non-believers Moderators: Darkchilde, Mazille, Durro, Weaver, Fallible, HughMcB “Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people. Study finds highly religious people are less motivated by compassion to show generosity than are non-believers In three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently drove less religious people to be more generous. For highly religious people, however, compassion was largely unrelated to how generous they were, according to the findings which are published in the most recent online issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. The results challenge a widespread assumption that acts of generosity and charity are largely driven by feelings of empathy and compassion, researchers said. In the study, the link between compassion and generosity was found to be stronger for those who identified as being non-religious or less religious. “Overall, we find that for less religious people, the strength of their emotional connection to another person is critical to whether they will help that person or not,” said UC Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a co-author of the study. “The more religious, on the other hand, may ground their generosity less in emotion, and more in other factors such as doctrine, a communal identity, or reputational concerns.” Compassion is defined in the study as an emotion felt when people see the suffering of others which then motivates them to help, often at a personal risk or cost. While the study examined the link between religion, compassion and generosity, it did not directly examine the reasons for why highly religious people are less compelled by compassion to help others. However, researchers hypothesize that deeply religious people may be more strongly guided by a sense of moral obligation than their more non-religious counterparts. “We hypothesized that religion would change how compassion impacts generous behavior,” said study lead author Laura Saslow, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at UC Berkeley. Saslow, who is now a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Francisco, said she was inspired to examine this question after an altruistic, nonreligious friend lamented that he had only donated to earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti after watching an emotionally stirring video of a woman being saved from the rubble, not because of a logical understanding that help was needed. “I was interested to find that this experience – an atheist being strongly influenced by his emotions to show generosity to strangers – was replicated in three large, systematic studies,” Saslow said. Return to News, Politics & Current Affairs Users viewing this topic: No registered users and 1 guest
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Foto: Ilustracija/Shutterstock PREMA studiji objavljenoj u stručnom američkom časopisu Social Psychological and Personality Science, znanstvenici su došli do zaključka kako su ateisti, agnostici te manje religiozni ljudi suosjećajniji od vjernika. Na ideju za ovo istraživanje, znanstvenica Laura Saslow sa Sveučilišta Kalifornija došla je nakon što joj je jedan prijatelj ateist ispričao kako je odlučio donirati novac za Haiti tek nakon što je vidio emotivni video spašavanja jedne žene. "Tijekom istraživanja uočili smo i poveznicu između toga kako manje religiozni ljudi stvaraju emotivne i prijateljske veze na temelju toga bi li im pomogli ili ne. Religiozniji ljudi s druge strane svoju emotivnost gledaju manje kroz velikodušnost, a više kroz druge faktore poput doktrina, društvenog faktora ili reputacijske zabrinutosti", kaže znanstvenica. Slično ispitivanje u SAD-u provedeno je 2004. godine na 1.300 ispitanika, a rezultati su pokazali da nevjernici češće participiraju u pomaganju društva, davanju novca beskućnicima, humanitarnim djelima kao i to da češće naprave neki čin dobrote. "Iznad svega, ovo istraživanje nam kazuje da iako se u SAD-u manje religiozni ljudi smatraju manje pouzdanima, kad je riječ o suosjećanju, oni su skloniji pomaganju nego vjernici", zaključuje znanstvenica.