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Sure Cimarron. Part of why I'm interested to see where different people end up is because the results also show the averages for self-described liberals and self-described conservatives.
For the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, results are on a scale of 0-5.
Harm
Liberals - 3.7
Conservatives - 3.0
Fairness
Liberals - 3.8
Conservatives - 3.1
Loyalty
Liberals - 2.1
Conservatives - 3.1
Authority
Liberals - 2.1
Conservatives - 3.3
Purity
Liberals - 1.3
Conservatives - 2.9
One of the things I'd really like to highlight with this is that it's important to recognize that, often times, we may be approaching issues from fundamentally different worldviews. That's not to say we shouldn't debate topics, but it might help us to be more understanding when people with whom we disagree just don't seem to "get" things which we think ought to be obvious.
Another important point that I think is worth highlighting is that these two worldviews work together. As Haidt mentions in the TED talk, Chinese philosophy does not view the yin or yang as superior, but as two necessary, opposing parts. Perhaps if we can learn to recognize the value in both the liberal and conservative moral frameworks, we can learn to be better political "losers" as well as more bipartisan.
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