Moral disagreement and radicalisation: the case of abortion: the case of abortion

Moreover, identity fusion with respective organisations was measured to probe for ties with a group.<br><br>Concerning moral conviction, the great majority of respondents hold their views as authority independent and sacred, but there is more variation in terms of objectivism and universalism. Concerning radicalisation, most respondents are not willing to take any violent action, nor do they think that violence is justified.

They are ready, however, for peaceful protesting and various forms of activism (some participants in all samples are already should be punished. The range of proposed penalties was assessed through an open question. These punishments vary greatly from compulsory educational classes up to the death sentence.

Concerning the relationship between moral conviction and radicalisation, a series of regressions was run and revealed that moralising the issue statistically significantly predicted readiness (or lack thereof) for various types of non-violent and violent behaviour (i.e. the participants are ready for peaceful protesting but not to hurt the opponent). The results also indicate that moralising the issue could statistically significantly predict participants’ willingness to potentially undertake various forms of activism.

Moreover, moralising the issue predicted the willingness to punish for either denying an abortion or for having an abortion depending on whether one is pro-choice or anti-abortion.<br>