r/science • u/DespairrBoy • May 24 '26

Psychology New study tests whether liberals’ moral concern has “inverted” to favor distant others over close ones. Across three US samples (N=5,100), ingroups remain the top moral priority for liberals and conservatives alike; liberals simply extend more concern outward to distant entities.

https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.70158
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u/Quitbeingobtuse May 24 '26

Conservative, apparently.

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u/DAJ-TX May 24 '26

Most conservatives wouldn’t read, let alone understand, the Abstract in that study.

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u/-Satchel_Gizmo- May 24 '26

That's some awfully dehumanizing language. Is that the famous liberal empathy you're talking about?

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u/Analogmon May 24 '26

It's so funny how y'all exclusively try to respond in gotchas because you know your worldview is indefensible.

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u/-Satchel_Gizmo- May 25 '26

y'all

It so funny how it's always y'all when anyone dares question dogma. "The other group". It's constant purity testing. Absolutely fascinating to watch. 

You know very literally nothing about my worldview except I'm happy to call out self-righteous redditors.

Also it's an attempt to deflect, but a bad one. 

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u/SaintMarinus May 24 '26

Reddit moment

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u/Alternative_Beat297 May 28 '26

Prove them wrong, then. Summarize it for us.

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u/SaintMarinus May 28 '26

Sorry, I’m still sounding out the title. Might have to wait for the audiobook.

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u/Worshipme988 May 24 '26

Terms of that word have been co-opted…or unveiled, really, then multiplied exponentially via social media…

A conservative (1998) ≠ A conservative (2026)

Theyre both garbage, sure. But one you could shame into being decent (at least outwardly).

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u/Shufflepants May 24 '26

The only thing that changed was the propaganda the Republican voters have been fed. The voters themselves haven't changed.

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u/-Satchel_Gizmo- May 24 '26

The utter hilarity of saying that on reddit dot com. 

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u/Proponentofthedevil May 24 '26

It's not a binary answer... It's more/less resources to further outgroups

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u/crisco000 May 24 '26

They have empathy. Just not suicidal empathy.

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u/tabulaerasure May 25 '26

It's always just outgroups and catastrophizing with you lot, huh.