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Motivation and morality: Insights into political ideology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Ronnie Janoff-Bulman  and
Nate C. Carnes
Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. janbul@psych.umass.eduncarnes@psych.umass.edu
Nate C. Carnes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. janbul@psych.umass.eduncarnes@psych.umass.edu
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Abstract

Our past work linking motivation and morality provides a basis for understanding differences in political ideology and positions across the political spectrum. Conservatism is rooted in avoidance-based proscriptive morality, whereas liberalism is rooted in approach-based prescriptive morality. Two distinct, binding, group moralities reflect these different regulatory systems and emphasize social coordination through Social Order versus social cooperation through Social Justice.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 316 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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References

Janoff-Bulman, R. (2009) To provide or protect: Motivational bases of political liberalism and conservatism. Psychological Inquiry 20:120–28.CrossRefGoogle Scholar