Abstract
Abstract In the last few years, there has been a rising tension in Brazilian politics between individuals who identify as left-wing and those who identity as right-wing. Sometimes those tensions have resulted in radical behavior from people who identify with either side of the political spectrum. This paper has two main goals: (a) to investigate (using the Moral Foundations Theory as a basis) the moral matrices of participants who identify as being left, center-left, center-right, and right; and (b) to compare the indices of activism and radicalism between participants with different political orientations. There were 226 participants in the study, most of which were from the Federal District (64.16%). The participants answered an online survey composed of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, the Activism and Radicalism Intention Scale, and informed demographic data (including their political preference). Differences were found in the moral matrices of participants with different political positions. Higher indices of activism and radicalism were found among participants who self-declared as being left and center-left. Based on the field’s literature, the perception of unfairness held by individuals who identify as left in the current political context may help to understand these findings.
Highlights
Nos últimos anos foi possível observar na política brasileira o acirramento de tensões entre indivíduos que se declaram de direita e de esquerda
In the comparisons of morality indices between different political groups, marginally significant results were found in the direction of the hypothesis (H2), which predicted higher indices of the binding tendency in participants who self-declare as right (M = 3.84; SD = 0.93), followed by center-right participants (M = 3.71; SD = 0.89), left (M = 3.52; SD = 0.84), and center-left (M=3.43; SD = 0.73), F(3,222) = 2.52, p = .059, η2p = 0.03
The goals of this paper were: (a) to investigate the moral matrices of participants who identify as left, center-left, center-right, and right; and (b) to compare the levels of activism and radicalism between participants who identify as left, centerleft, center-right, and right
Summary
Nos últimos anos foi possível observar na política brasileira o acirramento de tensões entre indivíduos que se declaram de direita e de esquerda. O presente trabalho possuiu dois objetivos principais: (a) investigar as matrizes morais (tendo como base a Teoria dos Fundamentos Morais) de participantes que se identificam como de esquerda, centroesquerda, centro-direita e direita e (b) comparar os índices de ativismo e radicalismo entre participantes com essas diferentes posições políticas. El presente trabajo tuvo dos objetivos principales: (a) investigar las matrices morales (teniendo como base la Teoría de los Fundamentos Morales) de participantes que se identifican como de izquierda, centro izquierda, centro derecha y derecha y (b) comparar los índices de activismo y radicalismo entre participantes con esas diferentes posiciones políticas. The identification with different political parties and the freedom to express different opinions are, legitimate and a part of the democracy game
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