On conviction's collective consequences: integrating moral conviction with the social identity model of collective action.

Martijn van Zomeren; T. Postmes; R. Spears

DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8309.2010.02000.x

Corpus ID: 44659756

On conviction's collective consequences: integrating moral conviction with the social identity model of collective action.

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  title={On conviction's collective consequences: integrating moral conviction with the social identity model of collective action.},
  author={Martijn van Zomeren and T. Postmes and R. Spears},
  journal={The British journal of social psychology},
  year={2012},
  volume={51 1},
  pages={
          52-71
        }
}

Martijn van Zomeren, T. Postmes, R. Spears

Published 2012

Medicine, Psychology

The British journal of social psychology

This article examines whether and how moral convictions predict collective action to achieve social change. Because moral convictions - defined as strong and absolute stances on moral issues - tolerate no exceptions, any violation motivates individuals to actively change that situation. We propose that moral convictions have a special relationship with politicized identities and collective action because of the potentially strong normative fit between moral convictions and the action-oriented… CONTINUE READING

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