This article takes a postmodernization perspective on support for the right to euthanasia by treating it as an expression of a process of value change, as a preference for quality over quantity of life. Using the data from the fifth wave of the World Values Survey, this study attempts to answer the question of whether the mass support for the right to euthanasia is an expression of autonomy values rather than just a function of a low religiosity. Multilevel regressions demonstrate that both traditional religiosity and autonomy values have a high impact at the individual level, while at the country level only the effects of traditional religiosity are significant. Autonomy values have stronger association with attitudes to euthanasia in countries with higher levels of postmaterialism. Multilevel path analysis demonstrates that the effect of religiosity is partially and weakly mediated by the values of autonomy at both levels. Although religiosity was found to have a much stronger impact, the independent effect of autonomy values suggests that mass support for the right to euthanasia is a value-driven preference for quality over quantity of life. We conclude by suggesting that the fall in traditional religiosity might emphasize the role of values in moral attitudes regulation.

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公众对安乐死权的支持：传统宗教信仰和自治价值观对 37 个国家的影响

本文从后现代化的角度来支持安乐死权，将其视为价值变化过程的表达，作为对生活质量的偏好。本研究利用世界价值观调查第五波的数据，试图回答群众对安乐死权的支持是否是一种自治价值观的表达，而不仅仅是低宗教信仰的功能。多层次回归表明，传统宗教信仰和自治价值观在个人层面都有很大的影响，而在国家层面，只有传统宗教信仰的影响是显着的。在后物质主义水平较高的国家，自主价值观与对安乐死的态度有更强的关联。多层次路径分析表明，宗教信仰的影响在两个层次上都受到自治价值观的部分和微弱的调节。尽管发现宗教信仰具有更大的影响，但自治价值观的独立影响表明，大众对安乐死权的支持是一种价值驱动的对质量而非数量的偏好。我们得出结论认为，传统宗教信仰的下降可能会强调价值观在道德态度调节中的作用。