Standing up or giving up? Moral foundations mediate political differences in evaluations of BLACK Lives Matter and other protests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10901375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isaac Richardson (College of Social Work Florida State University Tallahassee Florida USA, corresponding author), Paul Conway (0000-0003-4649-6008, Department of Psychology University of Portsmouth Portsmouth UK) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 553-569 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ejsp.2837 |
| OpenAlex | W4210313148 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 43 |
Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests challenge the existing social order whereas other protests do not (e.g., gun‐rights protests). Some protests even reinforce it (e.g., Blue Lives Matter protests). Protests challenging the social order align with “individualizing” moral foundations (e.g., fairness, harm/care) but undermine “binding” moral foundations (e.g., loyalty, authority), which may partially explain political differences in approval of protesting. Four studies examined whether moral foundation endorsement mediated the effect of political orientation on protest evaluations. In Study 1, liberals rated BLM protests and general protesting as more moral than conservatives, partially due to increased individualizing and decreased binding endorsement. Studies 2–4 replicated this pattern for BLM and general protesting, but these effects disappeared for gun‐rights protests and largely reversed for Blue Lives Matter protests, which uphold the status quo. These results suggest that protest evaluations partially reflect the moral values prioritized by different political groups
Biology and political orientation · Harm · Loyalty · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Status quo · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |