Economic Issues Are Moral Issues
The Moral Underpinnings of the Desire to Reduce Wealth Inequality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21209286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew S Franks (0000-0001-8907-7386, Lake Superior State University, corresponding author), Kyle C Scherr (0000-0002-9694-0624, Central Michigan University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 553-562 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychological and Personality Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-5506 • E-ISSN: 1948-5514 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1948550618772821 |
| OpenAlex | W2799661239 |
| Language | CA |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 25 |
Economic inequality is a pervasive and growing source of social problems such as poor health, crime, psychological disorders, and lack of trust in others. U.S. citizens across the political spectrum both underperceive the extent of economic inequality and would prefer to live in a society with much less inequality than both exist in reality and in their subjective estimations. Across multiple studies, we examined the ability of “moral foundations” to predict people’s desire to reduce economic inequality (while also replicating research showing widespread desire for a more equal society). Moral foundations endorsements consistently predicted desire to reduce inequality even when controlling for other relevant factors (e.g., political orientation). In addition, requests for donations to an organization focused on reducing economic inequality were able to elicit more money when the requests largely appealed to the type of moral foundations endorsed by participants
Biology and political orientation · Economic inequality · Economics · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social inequality · Sociology · System Justification · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 2,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |