New psychology research pinpoints a key factor separating liberal and conservative morality
A new study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests that liberals and conservatives actually share a common foundation for morality based on preventing harm. The research indicates that political disagreements arise because people on the left and right hold different “assumptions of vulnerability.” In other words, they make different assumptions about which groups or entities are most susceptible to being harmed.
The data revealed that liberals rated the environment and marginalized groups as more vulnerable than conservatives did. On the other hand, conservatives rated the powerful and the divine as more vulnerable than liberals did
No mention of left-wing environmental extremism at all.
h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal