Penn State University, 211 Oswald Tower, Department of Sociology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Penn State University, 211 Oswald Tower, Department of Sociology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Soc Sci Res. 2023 May;112:102811. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102811. Epub 2022 Oct 22.
Patriotism defines one's attachment and identification to a broad political community. We examine how levels of patriotism are shaped by beliefs about the fairness of institutions, termed system justification, and people's moral intuitions. Using data from a 2021 YouGov survey, we find that system justification and "binding" moral intuitions that prioritize the cohesion of social groups both lead to greater patriotism. Notably, we found a moderating effect of moral intuitions on system justification. Strong binding intuitions reduced the effect of system justification, indicative of blind patriotism, where some people are patriotic even if they perceive the system as unfair. Strong "individualizing" intuitions, which prioritize fairness and protection from harm, increased the effect of system justification. This is consistent with the notion of constructive patriotism, where patriotism among people with strong individualizing intuitions is affected by whether they believe the country is living up to its fairness ideals. We extend prior research on patriotism and system justification by showing the vitally important way that moral intuitions moderate the effects of system justification.
爱国主义定义了一个人对广泛的政治共同体的依恋和认同。我们研究了爱国主义的程度如何受到对制度公平性的信念（称为制度正当化）和人们的道德直觉的影响。利用 2021 年 YouGov 调查的数据，我们发现制度正当化和“绑定”道德直觉，即优先考虑社会群体凝聚力，都导致了更高的爱国主义。值得注意的是，我们发现道德直觉对制度正当化的影响存在调节作用。强烈的绑定直觉会降低制度正当化的效果，表明存在盲目爱国主义，即有些人即使认为制度不公平，也会表现出爱国主义。强烈的“个体化”直觉，即优先考虑公平和免受伤害，会增加制度正当化的效果。这与建设性爱国主义的概念一致，即具有强烈个体化直觉的人对爱国主义的看法受到他们对国家是否符合其公平理想的信念的影响。我们通过展示道德直觉对制度正当化影响的重要调节作用，扩展了关于爱国主义和制度正当化的先前研究。
