Most foundations predicted moral conviction most of the time, but their interaction with political orientation was a mess—We found some political differences in which foundations predicted moral conviction, but they were inconsistent and didn't always align with MFT. (7/11) - ThreadSky

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icedteas.bsky.social • 381 days ago

Most foundations predicted moral conviction most of the time, but their interaction with political orientation was a mess—We found some political differences in which foundations predicted moral conviction, but they were inconsistent and didn't always align with MFT.

(7/11)

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icedteas.bsky.social•381 days ago

Interestingly, the authority foundation consistently predicted *weaker* moral conviction, meaning that the more people saw authority as relevant, the less they saw their attitudes as rooted in morality. That is, authority may be more of a *conventional* than moral value.

(8/11)

icedteas.bsky.social•381 days ago

Political differences were clearer when we asked moral foundation endorsement in the abstract (i.e., how relevant is harm to morality *in general* vs. how relevant is harm to abortion), but were mostly about harm for liberals and liberty for conservatives.

(9/11)

icedteas.bsky.social•381 days ago

All in all, moral foundations may be better at predicting attitude positions than *moral* stances on issues, and their relationship with political orientation is still murky, but please check out the paper to dive in more! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01461672231224992

(10/11)

icedteas.bsky.social•381 days ago

Lastly, thanks so much to my coauthors:
@brittanyehanson.bsky.social
@alleal.bsky.social Lindsay Novak, and @lindaskitka.bsky.social! We did the thing!

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