Political Ideology, Morality, Interests, and Willingness to Interact

Abstract

This project investigated associations between political ideology(liberal, conservative) and morality (values innately and socially constructed as right or wrong), and how political ideology, morality, and interests(music, traveling, etc.) influence willingness to interact. It is predicted that participants with different political ideologies will rate moral concepts (Harm, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, Purity) differently and that there will be differences in willingness to interact when interests, compared to when moral stances, are communicated. Data are collected via an online Qualtrics survey. Results are expected to support the idea that people can be willing to communicate despite conflicting interests and moral standards.