Moving Morality Beyond the in-Group: Liberals and Conservatives Show Differences on Group-Framed Moral Foundations and These Differences Mediate Perceived Bias and Threat.

Few studies have examined the functioning of moral foundations on attitudes at the intergroup level; the present research demonstrated that the moral foundations associated with political ideologies vary with specific- and abstract-groups, and show different relationships with prejudice and threat toward immigrants, which provides avenues for improving political dialogues.