Type
Text
Type
Dissertation
Advisor
Leonie Huddy | Chapman, Demian D. | Howard Lavine | Linda Skitka.
Date
2010-05-01
Keywords
Attitudes, Culture War, Domain theory, Emotions, Ideology, Morality | Political Science, General
Department
Department of Political Science
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/70943
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Notwithstanding the vast political philosophy literature on morality, empirical political scientists have shied away from studying the extent to which people use moral judgment in forming political attitudes. Currently, morality is either altogether neglected, or is integrated in an a-theoretical manner. This project builds on literature from philosophy and psychology to conceptualize moral judgment as bi-dimensional, and experimentally tests this conceptualization by varying the accessibility of harm cues and the moral emotion of disgust prior to moral appraisal of politics. Next, the moderating effect of ideology and the role of moral judgment in attitude strength, political engagement and political intolerance are examined.
Recommended Citation
Ben Nun, Pazit, "The Moral Public: Moral Judgment and Political Attitudes" (2010). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 151.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/151