Looking for a chart about shared values of the left and right

March 8, 2019 6:03 PM

A few years ago, I saw a chart that showed the shared values of the left and right. For example, one item was fairness: the right thinks it's "fair" for everyone to get the exact same thing, whereas the left thinks it's fair to compensate for past structural inequality. The idea was that although the two sides disagree, their values are often similar or the same. Can anyone find this chart?
posted by Threeve to Human Relations (7 answers total)

This one, maybe? For more of these charts, try an image search on
"left right political spectrum".
posted by Rash at 6:57 PM on March 8, 2019 [2 favorites]

Perhaps the chart was showing the research of Jonathan Haidt (e.g. here, except that's someone's private blog). He looks less at shared values of liberals and conservatives, and more at their divergent values though.
posted by ClaireBear at 7:25 PM on March 8, 2019

This is based on Jonathan Haidt’s research. His book The Righteous Mind is a good read. He also does quite a bit of media and writing for the public.
posted by forkisbetter at 8:11 AM on March 9, 2019

Response by poster: Nice chart, Rash, but not the one, unfortunately.
posted by Threeve at 3:53 PM on March 9, 2019

Pretty sure the specific chart you’re thinking of is somewhere in Haidt’s Moral Foundations Theory website.

https://moralfoundations.org
posted by forkisbetter at 5:47 PM on March 9, 2019

Not a chart, but one of the best books I read last year was Policy Paradox by Deborah Stone, and it was very much about this topic and did a great job of investigating shared values, how they could differ based on competing definitions of the same word, how those understandings shape how policy is developed and implemented, etc.
posted by helloimjennsco at 8:28 AM on March 11, 2019

Ugh, never mind, I see that one WAS posted. I got my tabs mixed up and thought it was new!
posted by fiercecupcake at 12:44 PM on March 11, 2019