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SUMMARY:The Social and Political Implications of Moral Conviction - Profes
 sor Linda Skitka (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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CONTACT:David Young
DESCRIPTION:Scholars often assume that some issues globally evoke moral re
 actions\, whether these issues are presented as moral dilemmas (e.g.\, tro
 lley problems) or as controversial issues of the day (e.g.\, the legal sta
 tus of abortion). There is considerable individual variation\, however\, i
 n the degree that people report that their position on specific issues ref
 lects their core moral convictions. Moreover\, the degree to which people 
 experience an attitude as a moral conviction has important social and poli
 tical consequences\, such as predicting increased political engagement (vo
 ting\, activism\, volunteerism)\, inoculation against the usual pressures 
 to obey authorities and the law\, resistance to majority influence\, unwil
 lingness to compromise\, and greater acceptance of violent solutions to co
 nflict. The normative implications of these and other findings are both re
 assuring (moral convictions can protect against obedience to potentially m
 alevolent authorities) and terrifying (moral convictions are associated wi
 th rejection of the rule of law and can provide a motivational foundation 
 for violent protest and acts of terrorism). Implications and directions fo
 r future research will be discussed.\n\nProfessor Skitka is a Professor of
  Social Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.\n\nZoom link:
  https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/study/grads/grads/spss-joining-details
LOCATION:via zoom 
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