Reanalyzing the factor structure of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire

Harper, Craig A.; Rhodes, Darren

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“…Following previous work expanding the MFQ to include liberty, nine items for measuring endorsement of the liberty foundation were also included, within the respective sections of the MFQ [41,54]. Also in line with this previous work, six items were used to form the economic/ government liberty subscale (e.g., ''People who are successful in business have a right to enjoy their wealth as they see fit").…”

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Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have advocated numerous social distancing measures, and compliance with these has likely saved millions of lives globally. In an online sample drawn from the U.S. and Canada (N = 209), participants completed measures of political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing attitudes and behaviours. A more left-wing political orientation, and greater endorsement of the individualizing moral foundations were significantly related to more positive social distancing attitudes, and greater self-reported compliance with relevant restrictions. A more right-wing political orientation, and greater endorsement of the binding and economic liberty foundations were associated with less positive attitudes and reduced compliance. In a series of mediation analyses, the relationships between political orientation and various social distancing measures were significantly mediated by variations in participants’ moral foundations, particularly their endorsement of economic liberty and the individualizing foundations. Further data indicated that the perceived persuasiveness of messages based on each moral foundation advocating for continued social distancing was significantly related to both participants’ moral values and their political orientation. Findings are discussed in terms of understanding politicized differences around social distancing as partly reflecting differential valuation of the moral foundations, and in creating effective public health messaging regarding compliance.

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Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing

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“…In the analysis that was run, we deviated from this in one way. We pre-registered that we would use a three-factor structure for the MFQ, composed of moral clusters labelled 'traditionalism', 'compassion', and 'liberty' (Harper, 2020b). However, this revised component structure of the MFQ has not undergone peer review.…”

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Ideological responses to the breaking of COVID-19 social distancing recommendations

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Rhodes²

2020

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COVID-19 has plagued the globe since January 2020, infecting millions and claiming the lives of several hundreds of thousands (at the time of writing). Despite this, many individuals have ignored public health guidance and continued to socialize in groups. Emergent work has highlighted the potential role that ideology plays in such behavior, and judgements of it. In response to this contemporary cultural phenomenon, we tested whether judgements of those allegedly flouting the guidance on social distancing were influenced by an interaction between the ideologies of those providing judgements, and those allegedly breaking the rules. Our data suggest that judgements of those flouting social distancing guidance are influenced by ideology in a symmetrical way. That is, both liberals and conservatives condemn outgroup flouting more than ingroup flouting. We discuss this finding in the context of theoretical work into ideological symmetries, and the implications of growing ideological polarization in contemporary Western democracies.

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“…Theoretically, although MFT appears to have considerable empirical backing (Graham et al, 2018), consensus regarding the full taxonomy of moral dimensions does not yet exist, and even within MFT, arguments have been made for both condensing (Harper, 2020) or expanding (Iyer et al, 2012) the number of moral domains considered "foundational." Relatedly, MFT has been criticized as a theory of ideology.…”

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The moral foundations of crime control in American presidential platforms, 1968–2016

Brown

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2020

Punishment & Society

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The present research for the first time uses Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) as an analytical framework for evaluating the moral foundations of prescriptive presidential party platform statements on crime control from 1968 through 2016. We use summative content analysis to consider the politics of crime control at a broad, foundational level. Our analysis brings data to bear on previously observed trends in the politics of crime control (e.g., Democrats became increasingly conservative on crime in the 1990s) and deepens our understanding by illuminating and contextualizing the latent ideologies and implicit moral orientations to crime of both parties over time. Our findings speak to the prominence of certain moral foundations, authority and care in particular, in partisan frameworks on crime control and indicate trends in reliance on individualizing foundations ( fairness and care) and binding foundations ( authority, loyalty, purity). We consider the implications of these findings for future research on the politics of crime control.

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Reanalyzing the factor structure of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire

Cited by 3 publications

References 54 publications

Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing

Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing

Ideological responses to the breaking of COVID-19 social distancing recommendations

The moral foundations of crime control in American presidential platforms, 1968–2016

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