BASIS of MORALITY 6 Basic Moral Foundations : Compassion / concern for well being of others Fairness / Justice Loyalty / Community feeling and belonging Authority / Tradition - respect - value in social order Sanctity / Sense of what is sacred Liberty / personal freedom According to Haidt's research, based on a sample of over 2000 people, here are the factors that motivate Americans in terms of "moral compass" according to their political self-identification . These are generalized results and there always are exceptions, but this is what is true for large majorities of political partisans -- Liberals Compassion --which is Very High ----------------------------------------- Libertarians Liberty --which is Very High ------------------------------------- Conservatives : Compassion Fairness Loyalty Authority Sanctity Liberty All six, although no one factor is as high as Compassion for Liberals or Liberty for Libertarians
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