<p>What is the psychological term for people who believe that: </p>

<ul>
<li>they have strong rights</li>
<li>that others <strong>should</strong> be nice</li>
<li>that others <strong>should</strong> respect unwritten <strong>rules</strong></li>
<li>that others <strong>should not</strong> lie</li>
</ul>

<p>They believe in rules that everyone should respect. They may hate hypocrisy, but for sure they judge other's behaviour and thinks that others should behave according to the rules. </p>

<p><strong>What is the scientific term for this personality trait?</strong></p>

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2014-03-20T04:05:29.833Z
Not sure but may be .. "Self-righteousness"
Abhishek Deb
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2014-03-20T10:55:25.013Z
I see a tradeoff between this two extremes belefs: 1) thinking that everyone can do what he wants and we just have to "fit" this kind of society in some way (which way? competing? lying? killing? exploiting others?) and the opposite belief that is: rules should tell the people to be nice, helpful, prosocial, polite and so on. The ancient time, far west, jails, wars and speculative finance are perfect example of ruled by competition world. The movie "Demolition Man", the church are an example of a world ruled by mercy, politeness. Both this kind of society has pro and cons.
Revious
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2014-03-20T10:56:11.957Z
I guess the need for avoiding extremes may be lead to this answer: cogsci.stackexchange.com/a/6034/4425. I thoutgh it was the need for an average behaviour, but maybe the need is for every kind of behaviour which translates into avoiding too many people behaving / thinking in extremes ways. Maybe extreme and rigid believes become dysfunctional because the survival requires an high variability.
Revious
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2014-03-20T15:25:22.830Z
these traits are not nec all connected. re (3) see [groupthink](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink)
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Scientific term for people who value following the rules
Revious
# Scientific term for people who value following the rules

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-18)

What is the psychological term for people who believe that:

* they have strong rights
* that others **should** be nice
* that others **should** respect unwritten **rules**
* that others **should not** lie

They believe in rules that everyone should respect. They may hate hypocrisy, but for sure they judge other's behaviour and thinks that others should behave according to the rules.

**What is the scientific term for this personality trait?**

**Tags:** social-psychology, personality, moral-psychology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Not sure but may be .. "Self-righteousness"  
> **username_0**: I see a tradeoff between this two extremes belefs: 1) thinking that everyone can do what he wants and we just have to "fit" this kind of society in some way (which way? competing? lying? killing? exploiting others?) and the opposite belief that is: rules should tell the people to be nice, helpful, prosocial, polite and so on. The ancient time, far west, jails, wars and speculative finance are perfect example of ruled by competition world. The movie "Demolition Man", the church are an example of a world ruled by mercy, politeness. Both this kind of society has pro and cons.  
> **username_0**: I guess the need for avoiding extremes may be lead to this answer: cogsci.stackexchange.com/a/6034/4425. I thoutgh it was the need for an average behaviour, but maybe the need is for every kind of behaviour which translates into avoiding too many people behaving / thinking in extremes ways. Maybe extreme and rigid believes become dysfunctional because the survival requires an high variability.  
> **username_2**: these traits are not nec all connected. re (3) see [groupthink](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink)  

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