In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT In many countries, a radical political divide brings several socially relevant decisions to a standstill. Could cognitive, affective and social (CAS) neuroscience help better understand these questions? The present article reviews the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of the political partisanship divide. A non-systematic literature review and a conceptual analysis were conducted. Three main points are identified and discussed: 1) Political partisan behavior rests upon deep moral emotions. It is automatically processed and impervious to contradiction. The moral motifs characterizing political partisanship are epigenetically set across different cultures; 2) Political partisanship is linked to personality traits, whose neural foundations are associated with moral feelings and judgement; 3) Self-deception is a major characteristic of political partisanship that probably evolved as an evolutionary adaptive strategy to deal with the intragroup-extragroup dynamics of human evolution. CAS neuroscience evidence may not resolve the political divide, but can contribute to a better understanding of its biological foundations. |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanshippersonalitypartisanshippoliticsself-deceptionABSTRACT In many countries, a radical political divide brings several socially relevant decisions to a standstill. Could cognitive, affective and social (CAS) neuroscience help better understand these questions? The present article reviews the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of the political partisanship divide. A non-systematic literature review and a conceptual analysis were conducted. Three main points are identified and discussed: 1) Political partisan behavior rests upon deep moral emotions. It is automatically processed and impervious to contradiction. The moral motifs characterizing political partisanship are epigenetically set across different cultures; 2) Political partisanship is linked to personality traits, whose neural foundations are associated with moral feelings and judgement; 3) Self-deception is a major characteristic of political partisanship that probably evolved as an evolutionary adaptive strategy to deal with the intragroup-extragroup dynamics of human evolution. CAS neuroscience evidence may not resolve the political divide, but can contribute to a better understanding of its biological foundations.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento2017-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642017000100015Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.11 n.1 2017reponame:Dementia & Neuropsychologiainstname:Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)instacron:ANCC10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-010004info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHaase,Vitor GeraldiStarling-Alves,Isabellaeng2017-04-05T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1980-57642017000100015Revistahttp://www.demneuropsy.com.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||demneuropsy@uol.com.br1980-57641980-5764opendoar:2017-04-05T00:00Dementia & Neuropsychologia - Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)false |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship Haase,Vitor Geraldi personality partisanship politics self-deception |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship |
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In search of the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of political partisanship |
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Haase,Vitor Geraldi |
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Haase,Vitor Geraldi Starling-Alves,Isabella |
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Starling-Alves,Isabella |
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Haase,Vitor Geraldi Starling-Alves,Isabella |
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personality partisanship politics self-deception |
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personality partisanship politics self-deception |
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ABSTRACT In many countries, a radical political divide brings several socially relevant decisions to a standstill. Could cognitive, affective and social (CAS) neuroscience help better understand these questions? The present article reviews the moral-psychological and neuroevolutionary basis of the political partisanship divide. A non-systematic literature review and a conceptual analysis were conducted. Three main points are identified and discussed: 1) Political partisan behavior rests upon deep moral emotions. It is automatically processed and impervious to contradiction. The moral motifs characterizing political partisanship are epigenetically set across different cultures; 2) Political partisanship is linked to personality traits, whose neural foundations are associated with moral feelings and judgement; 3) Self-deception is a major characteristic of political partisanship that probably evolved as an evolutionary adaptive strategy to deal with the intragroup-extragroup dynamics of human evolution. CAS neuroscience evidence may not resolve the political divide, but can contribute to a better understanding of its biological foundations. |
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