project Annie's First Year Project Gomberg, A. Completed and Presented on: Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 Moral thinking is a combination of two forces, moral judgment and the cultural influences that shape ideology (Narvaez, Getz, Rest & Thoma, 1999). To measure cultural tolerance and intolerance, the present study employed the ATHRI-2 (Narvaez, 2004) to evaluate attitudes toward human rights. Factor analysis of the ATHRI-2 identified two formerly unidentified factors within the scale, namely Cultural Intolerance and Cultural Tolerance. Extending prior research, the study sought to examine the connections between other cultural and personality characteristics and these two orientations, namely interpersonal connectedness and relationality, ethical identity, fundamentalism, political conservatism & liberalism. Cultural tolerance was significantly predicted by relational commitment whereas cultural intolerance was not. agomberg@nd.edu project Amanda's First Year Project Matthews, A. Completed and Presented on: Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 Some suggest that persons with postconventional moral reasoning are "unfriendly, insensitive, selfish, indifferent, phony, inconsiderate, inhumane" (Wygant, 1995). Other research has demonstrated that high scores in moral judgment are related to more positive attitudes towards human rights (Narvaez et al, 1999) and more professional ethical behavior (Rest & Narvaez, 1994). But are postconventional thinkers less likely to be warm and caring in interpersonal relationships? We tested the relation of moral judgment to measures of concern for others, including reasons for avoiding drug use. We tested 167 college students and found that moral judgment was related to higher scores in relational commitment and interpersonal responsibility but not priority of family. Moral judgment was related to moral reasons for avoiding drug use. amatthew@nd.edu