In the spirit of this reemerging trend (?), here's a test I think is interesting/would be curious about member results for:
moralfoundations.github.io
Alexei_Kirillov
Waiting for my next window of opportunity
- Mar 9, 2024
- 988
avoid
ļø
- Jul 31, 2023
- 289
I find myself in these results. I want level play fields to not unfairly disadvantage someone. Everyone should play by the same rules. As for liberty, I scored low because I believe certain causes transcent certain rights. The other foundations seems to describe me well too.
Though sadly I don't know the benchmark of this test. How do I compare to the average human? No one is 100% moral. According to Haidt's methodology, I may be a Progressive Socialist (PS). My parents used to vote for such political parties when they were young so I may very well be a PS. I'm not good with labels but I consider myself progressive. Though I score moderately on in-group and authority too, so maybe I'm somewhat Marxism-Leninism-Maoism too?
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EvisceratedJester
|| What Else Could I Be But a Jester ||
- Oct 21, 2023
- 3,563
Explanation:
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What do my results say about my ideology?
According to Haidt's methodology, when applied strictly in an American context:
Left-Liberals / Social Democrats tend to score very high in Care, Fairness, and Liberty relative to In-Group Loyalty, Purity, and Authority, which they tend to score lowly on.
Conservatives tend to weigh all foundations relatively similarly to one another, valuing each of them to a moderately high level.
Fascists tend to score very high in In-Group Loyalty, Purity, and Authority relative to Care, Fairness, and Liberty, which they tend to score lowly on.
Libertarians tend to score very high in Liberty relative to the other foundations which they value little to moderately, though it is not uncommon for them to also place high value on Fairness.
Progressive Socialists tend to score very high in Care and Fairness relative to everything else which they value lowly (Including Liberty, which separates them from Left-Liberals).
Marxist-Leninists tend to score very high in Fairness relative to the other foundations which they value little to moderately, though it is not uncommon for them to also place high value on In-Group Loyalty, Purity, and/or Authority.
What is the meaning of the CARE foundation?
The CARE foundation is defined as a desire to minimize the suffering of others and protect the weak.
Values pertaining to Care include:
Public welfare, tolerance of misfits, mercy towards wrongdoers, politeness, pacifism, emotional openness, and childhood innocence.
Culturally, Northern, Western, and Southern European societies tend to place the greatest emphasis on Care.
What is the meaning of the FAIRNESS foundation?
The FAIRNESS foundation is defined as a desire for people to be held accountable for their actions in an equal playing field: holding the rules constant for all participants.
Values pertaining to Fairness include:
Racial & gender equality, equality of opportunity, honesty, reciprocity, impartiality, and safeguards against nepotism and/or cronyism.
Culturally, developed societies where most citizens are literate/educated all tend to place a strong emphasis on Fairness.
What is the meaning of the LIBERTY foundation?
The LIBERTY foundation is defined as a desire for people to have agency over their lives without outside coercion from a central authority.
Values pertaining to Liberty include:
Free speech, bodily autonomy, democracy, privacy, personal property rights, self-defense, and voluntarism.
Culturally, English-speaking societies, namely the United States, tend to place the greatest emphasis on Liberty.
What is the meaning of the IN-GROUP LOYALTY foundation?
The IN-GROUP LOYALTY foundation is defined as a desire for members of one's "natural" ingroups (such as their family, tribe, or nation) to collectivize for the benefit of said in-groups.
Values pertaining to In-Group Loyalty include:
Self-sacrifice, nativism, national sovereignty, tradition, family-unity, natalism, and social cohesion.
Culturally, societies in regions that are geopolitically tense and/or that have recently escaped foreign occupation tend to place the greatest emphasis on In-Group Loyalty, with Eastern Europe in particular being the demographic region that scores highest in it.
What is the meaning of the PURITY foundation?
The PURITY foundation is defined as a desire to uphold a standard of "high society" and avoid behavior that is percieved as primitive, degenerate, recklessly hedonistic and/or spiritually degrading.
Values pertaining to Purity include:
Health, beauty, etiquette, abstinence, chastity, frugality, animism, and spirituality.
Culturally, societies with a strong religious presence such as Romania, Thailand, Japan, Turkey, and Nepal tend to place the greatest emphasis on Purity.
What is the meaning of the AUTHORITY foundation?
The AUTHORITY foundation is defined as a desire to establish and conform to rules, institutions, hierarchies and leaders that are deemed as being essential to the stability and efficiency of society.
Values pertaining to Authority include:
Lawfulness, respect for elders, trust in experts, discipline, assertive leadership, meritocracy, and industriousness.
Culturally, East Asian societies with a Confucius influence tend to place the greatest emphasis on Authority.
According to Haidt's methodology, when applied strictly in an American context:
Left-Liberals / Social Democrats tend to score very high in Care, Fairness, and Liberty relative to In-Group Loyalty, Purity, and Authority, which they tend to score lowly on.
Conservatives tend to weigh all foundations relatively similarly to one another, valuing each of them to a moderately high level.
Fascists tend to score very high in In-Group Loyalty, Purity, and Authority relative to Care, Fairness, and Liberty, which they tend to score lowly on.
Libertarians tend to score very high in Liberty relative to the other foundations which they value little to moderately, though it is not uncommon for them to also place high value on Fairness.
Progressive Socialists tend to score very high in Care and Fairness relative to everything else which they value lowly (Including Liberty, which separates them from Left-Liberals).
Marxist-Leninists tend to score very high in Fairness relative to the other foundations which they value little to moderately, though it is not uncommon for them to also place high value on In-Group Loyalty, Purity, and/or Authority.
What is the meaning of the CARE foundation?
The CARE foundation is defined as a desire to minimize the suffering of others and protect the weak.
Values pertaining to Care include:
Public welfare, tolerance of misfits, mercy towards wrongdoers, politeness, pacifism, emotional openness, and childhood innocence.
Culturally, Northern, Western, and Southern European societies tend to place the greatest emphasis on Care.
What is the meaning of the FAIRNESS foundation?
The FAIRNESS foundation is defined as a desire for people to be held accountable for their actions in an equal playing field: holding the rules constant for all participants.
Values pertaining to Fairness include:
Racial & gender equality, equality of opportunity, honesty, reciprocity, impartiality, and safeguards against nepotism and/or cronyism.
Culturally, developed societies where most citizens are literate/educated all tend to place a strong emphasis on Fairness.
What is the meaning of the LIBERTY foundation?
The LIBERTY foundation is defined as a desire for people to have agency over their lives without outside coercion from a central authority.
Values pertaining to Liberty include:
Free speech, bodily autonomy, democracy, privacy, personal property rights, self-defense, and voluntarism.
Culturally, English-speaking societies, namely the United States, tend to place the greatest emphasis on Liberty.
What is the meaning of the IN-GROUP LOYALTY foundation?
The IN-GROUP LOYALTY foundation is defined as a desire for members of one's "natural" ingroups (such as their family, tribe, or nation) to collectivize for the benefit of said in-groups.
Values pertaining to In-Group Loyalty include:
Self-sacrifice, nativism, national sovereignty, tradition, family-unity, natalism, and social cohesion.
Culturally, societies in regions that are geopolitically tense and/or that have recently escaped foreign occupation tend to place the greatest emphasis on In-Group Loyalty, with Eastern Europe in particular being the demographic region that scores highest in it.
What is the meaning of the PURITY foundation?
The PURITY foundation is defined as a desire to uphold a standard of "high society" and avoid behavior that is percieved as primitive, degenerate, recklessly hedonistic and/or spiritually degrading.
Values pertaining to Purity include:
Health, beauty, etiquette, abstinence, chastity, frugality, animism, and spirituality.
Culturally, societies with a strong religious presence such as Romania, Thailand, Japan, Turkey, and Nepal tend to place the greatest emphasis on Purity.
What is the meaning of the AUTHORITY foundation?
The AUTHORITY foundation is defined as a desire to establish and conform to rules, institutions, hierarchies and leaders that are deemed as being essential to the stability and efficiency of society.
Values pertaining to Authority include:
Lawfulness, respect for elders, trust in experts, discipline, assertive leadership, meritocracy, and industriousness.
Culturally, East Asian societies with a Confucius influence tend to place the greatest emphasis on Authority.
ebg
Member
- Sep 30, 2024
- 98
yellowjester
Specialist
- Jun 2, 2024
- 311
Dr Iron Arc
Into the Unknown
- Feb 10, 2020
- 21,069
I genuinely had no strong opinion either way on almost every single issue, and even when I did I tended to have equally strong opinions agreeing with both sides of that thing. I'm the worst kind of person.
savory
Member
- Nov 25, 2024
- 59
witchcraft
it's too painful to live but I'm too afraid to die
- Nov 27, 2024
- 19
Low-ish in liberty and authority...?
I can't really make any overall "political" or philosophical sense of what my results mean. But my strong in-group bias, need for care, fairness, and purity all make sense to me.
My dislike for authority, but also anxiety and dislike for liberty, makes sense to me as well. Or perhaps it reveals a strong desire to have a 1:1 tempered balance between authority and liberty, something like that.
I feel misaligned, out-of-step with society on quite literally every one of these foundations.
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derpyderpins
In the Service of the Queen
- Sep 19, 2023
- 1,823
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Deep Breaths
- Aug 25, 2018
- 565
Personal priority to Fairness and Care...
Either this Authority score is inflated, or maybe I should reassess my positions on Authoritarian values.
yellowjester
Specialist
- Jun 2, 2024
- 311
Some degree of authority is necessary to preserve a free and open society. If you let a country disintegrate, it will fall into chaos and elect a dictator (see: United States of America) .
Pluto
Meowing to go out
- Dec 27, 2020
- 4,041
(in)sane
"If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself"
- Jun 9, 2024
- 37
"Conservatives tend to weigh all foundations relatively similarly to one another, valuing each of them to a moderately high level."
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Deep Breaths
- Aug 25, 2018
- 565
I'm looking at my high-level combination of Fairness, Care, and Authority, and wondering what that would actually look like. The term "benevolent dictator" comes to mind, which seems like an oxymoron of the most severe kind.
I do believe that Fairness and Care is the way -- just not at the cost of an iron fist.
Buffy
24/7 cold
- Mar 17, 2024
- 94
Dr Iron Arc
Into the Unknown
- Feb 10, 2020
- 21,069
