Intolerance of Transgressive Protest Actions: The Differential Roles of Deontological and Utilitarian Morality.

ABSTRACT: The current research examines intolerance of protest actions by focusing on two major questions: (a) How intolerant are people of transgressive protest actions of their least-liked versus most-liked groups? and (b) how do individual differences in deontological and utilitarian moral predisposition relate to intolerance of transgressive protest actions by these two groups? In two survey-embedded experiments using nationally representative samples from two West European countries (Germany, Netherlands), we found that people were overwhelmingly intolerant of morally transgressive protest actions by both their most-liked and least-liked groups, although slightly less so for the former. In addition, deontological moral predisposition was related to increased intolerance of protest actions regar

SUBMITTER: Verkuyten M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10320703 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature