Act Versus Impact: Conservatives and Liberals Exhibit Different Structural Emphases in Moral Judgment.
Conservatives and liberals disagree sharply on matters of morality and public policy. We propose a novel account of the psychological basis of these differences. Specifically, we find that conservatives tend to emphasize the intrinsic value of actions during moral judgment, in part by mentally simul...
| Published in: | Ratio Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 462 - 494 |
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