How Words Do the Work of Politics: Moral Foundations Theory and the Debate over Stem Cell Research
Abstract
Moral considerations underlie partisan and ideological identification along with a variety of political attitudes, yet we know little about how elites strategically appeal to the public’s moral intuitions. Building on Moral Foundations Theory, we investigate the causes and consequences of elite moral rhetoric in the debate over stem cell research. Through content analysis of 12 years of coverage in the New York Times, we find that proponents and...
Paper Details
Title
How Words Do the Work of Politics: Moral Foundations Theory and the Debate over Stem Cell Research
Published Date
Jul 1, 2013
Journal
Volume
75
Issue
3
Pages
659 - 671
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