Deep alignment with country shrinks the moral gap between conservatives and liberals
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Author(s)
Talaifar, Sanaz
Swann, William B
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Moral foundations theory suggests that relative to liberals, conservatives care more about values that are believed to bind group members together: loyalty/betrayal, authority/subversion, and purity/degradation. In contrast, we propose that individuals who are deeply aligned (“fused”) with their group should display elevated commitment to group-oriented moral values, regardless of their political orientation. The results of three studies supported this hypothesis. The tendency for conservatives to endorse the binding foundations more than liberals only emerged among weakly and moderately fused Americans. In fact, liberals strongly fused with the United States endorsed “binding” foundations more than average conservatives and to the same extent as strongly fused conservatives. These results indicate that to fully understand moral prerogatives, one must consider the nature of the connections people form to the group, as well as their political orientation.
Date Issued
2019-06
Date Acceptance
2018-10-01
Citation
Political Psychology, 2019, 40 (3), pp.657-675
ISSN
0162-895X
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
657
End Page
675
Journal / Book Title
Political Psychology
Volume
40
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2018 International Society of Political Psychology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Talaifar, S. and Swann, W.B., Jr. (2019), Deep Alignment with Country Shrinks the Moral Gap Between Conservatives and Liberals. Political Psychology, 40: 657-675. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12534. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pops.12534
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-10-25