Social Justice and Social Order: Binding Moralities across the Political Spectrum |
| |
Authors: | Ronnie Janoff-Bulman Nate C Carnes |
| |
Institution: | Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America;University of Vermont, UNITED STATES |
| |
Abstract: | Two studies explored the relationship between political ideology and endorsement of a range of moral principles. Political liberals and conservatives did not differ on intrapersonal or interpersonal moralities, which require self-regulation. However differences emerged on collective moralities, which involve social regulation. Contrary to Moral Foundations Theory, both liberals and conservatives endorsed a group-focused binding morality, specifically Social Justice and Social Order respectively. Libertarians were the group without a binding morality. Although Social Justice and Social Order appear conflictual, analyses based on earlier cross-cultural work on societal tightness-looseness suggest that countries actually benefit in terms of economic success and societal well-being when these group-based moralities co-exist and serve as counterweights in social regulation. |
| |
Keywords: | |
|
|