Future Consequences Consideration and its Relationship with Moral Blindness among University Students

The current study aims to investigate: Future consequences consideration among university students, Moral blindness among university students, Differences in the correlation between future consequences consideration and moral blindness based on gender (male – female) and academic specialization (scientific – humanities), The relationship between future consequences consideration and moral blindness among university students. The research sample consisted of (376) male and female students from Al-Qadisiyah University (morning study) for the academic year (2022-2023), selected randomly from both scientific and humanities specializations. The study adopted the Future Consequences Consideration Scale by, which consists of (12) items and was translated into Arabic. Additionally, a Moral Blindness Scale was developed based on the theory of, consisting of (15) items. After verifying their psychometric properties in terms of validity and reliability, both instruments were applied to the research sample. The findings revealed that the sample demonstrated future consequences consideration and exhibited moral blindness. Moreover, the results indicated no significant differences in future consequences consideration and moral blindness based on gender or academic specialization. However, a positive correlation was found between the two variables. Based on these results, the study concluded with several recommendations and suggestions.