Jonathan Haidt proposes the Moral Foundation Theory in which humans are born with a first draft of morality consisting of 6 channels, namely:
1) care for others
2) fairness
3) liberty
4) loyalty
5) respect for authority
6) purity
He finds that liberal or left-wing people tend to value care, fairness and liberty more and value loyalty, respect for authority and purity less. The conservative or right-wing people tend to value all aspect somewhat equally. In other words, liberals care more about equality and individualism while conservatives care more about order and conformity.
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