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  1. Apr 1, 2010 · This paper reviews current theory and research that indicates that attitudes held with strong moral conviction (‘moral mandates’) represent something psychologically distinct from other ...

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  2. This paper reviews current theory and research that indicates that attitudes held with strong moral conviction (‘moral mandates’) represent something psychologically distinct from other constructs (e.g., attitude strength, partisanship, or religiosity), and that variance in moral conviction has impor-tant social and political consequences, such ...

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  3. This review covers theory and research on the psychological characteristics and consequences of attitudes that are experienced as moral convictions, that is, attitudes that people perceive as grounded in a fundamental distinction between right and wrong.

  4. approaches that a priori define what counts as being in the moral domain, the moral conviction approach allows participants to define the degree to which their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs reflect something moral.

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  5. Apr 1, 2010 · This paper reviews current theory and research that indicates that attitudes held with strong moral conviction (‘moral mandates’) represent something psychologically distinct from other constructs (e.g., attitude strength, partisanship, or religiosity), and that variance in moral conviction has important social and political consequences ...

  6. Moral convictions are perceived as absolute, universal, and definite beliefs or principles. They engage the brain circuit associated with reward processing and valuation, which motivates and reinforces behavior.

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  8. Consistent with the finding that moral convic-tions are experienced as obligations, considerable research also finds that moral conviction predicts political engagement. For example, stronger moral convictions about issues or candidates are associated with increased activist intentions (e.g., Mazzoni et al. 2015), actual activist behavior