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This is a theory by the psychologist Johnathan Haidt that despite local variations, there are five basic markers that different groups of humans have in their accepted behavior:
#'''Harm/Care:''' Be nice.
#'''Fairness/Reciprocity:''' This is not the same as being nice, as it is possible to be unjust to one person in your desire to be nice to another.
#'''Ingroup/Loyalty:''' Stand by your tribe.
#'''Authority/Respect:''' Respect the customs and the hierarchy. Every culture above the size of the hunter-gatherer band (and even many hunter-gatherers) has these. Even cultures that think themselves egalitarian.
#'''Purity:''' Don't do things that are
A sixth one he added later was "Liberty", which can be thought of as a balance to
The author claims that these are evenly emphasized among conservatives and that liberals emphasize primarily the first two. He also claims that this causes much modern [[Feuding Families|political controversy]]. And of course a lot of mutual [[Values Dissonance]].
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The author has used this theory as the basis for at least two books, ''The Righteous Mind'' and ''The Happiness Hypothesis'' as well as several essays and articles.
Compare the Japanese [[Pillars of Moral Character]].
Fictional Examples:▼
* Harm/Care : In the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Ariel," Simon risks his life to save a stranger▼
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* Fairness/Reciprocity: In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Commander Sinclair refuses to use force to end a strike according to "the Rush Act," and instead pays them the wages owed.▼
== Harm/Care ==
* Ingroup/Loyalty: In ''[[Firefly]]'', Mal says to Jayne, "If you turn on any of my crew, you turn on me."▼
* Authority/Respect: In [[The Chosen]], Danny Saunders stands by his overbearing father despite the father's demands.▼
* Purity: In [[Ivanhoe]] Rebecca threatens to kill herself rather than allow herself to be raped by the evil Bois-Guilbert.▼
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== Ingroup/Loyalty ==
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== Purity ==
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Five Foundations of Morality]]
[[Category:Books on Trope]]
[[Category:Morality Tropes]]
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