The Relationship between Moral Values and Social Acts from Max Weber's Perspective: An Empirical Study Based a Sample of Students from King Abdulaziz University

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the relationship between moral values ??and social acts in light of Max Weber's theory of action in terms of some demographic variables (i.e., gender, place of residency, academic level, and academic specialization) of some college students. The study, however, subjected a sample consisting of 360 students at King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study tools included demographic data form and two criteria of measurements: moral values ??and social act. The statistical calculations were implemented using Arithmetic Mean, Standard Deviation, T-test and Pearson correlation.

The results revealed that the correlation and congruence between moral values ??and social acts are much clearer in the female sample than the male sample, and in rural inhabitants than the urban ones, and in the students of the college level (1-4) than the college level (5-8).

Keywords : Moral Values, Social Action, Gender,  Residency, Grade, and Academic Specialization.