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Opinion Trends on Moral Issues in the United States and the United Kingdom Explained by the Applicability of Generally Accepted Arguments
Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication, Educational Sciences and Mathematics. Mälardalen University. (MAM)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7164-0924
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2022 (English)In: International journal of public opinion research, ISSN 0954-2892, E-ISSN 1471-6909, Vol. 34, no 1, article id edac001Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

According to a recent theory, public opinion on moral issues will trend toward opinions that are justified by generally acceptable kinds of arguments. Both in the United States and the United Kingdom, generally acceptable kinds of arguments include concerns about harm, violence, fairness, and liberty. The theory therefore predicts that these countries will exhibit similar opinion trends on moral issues. We test this prediction using polling data on 98 issues in the United States and 108 issues in the United Kingdom, with an overlap of 27 issues on which opinions have been polled in both countries. We find that moral opinion trends are well predicted by the applicability of generally acceptable kinds of arguments and that there is a remarkable similarity between opinion trends in the two countries. These findings lend support to the theory that generally acceptable kinds of arguments play a key role in driving opinion dynamics.

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS , 2022. Vol. 34, no 1, article id edac001
Keywords [en]
opinion trends, moral issues, moral arguments, comparative study, moral foundations
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Philosophy Mathematics
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Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-57525DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edac001ISI: 000755950100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85125417604OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-57525DiVA, id: diva2:1641537
Available from: 2022-03-02 Created: 2022-03-02 Last updated: 2022-09-22Bibliographically approved

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