Axiological Factors as Motives for Political Action
- José Manuel Sabucedo Cameselle Director
- Mónica Alzate García Director
Universidade de defensa: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Fecha de defensa: 17 de febreiro de 2021
- Nekane Basabe Barañano Presidente/a
- Constantino Arce Fernández Secretario
- Marco Brambilla Vogal
Tipo: Tese
Resumo
The present thesis considers what motivates people to participate in political action. Specifically, it seeks to explain how moral concerns shape the intentions to participate in a) collective action and b) extremism. The former is thought to be explained by moral obligation, understood as the motivation to act accordingly with moral values. The latter is anticipated to be motivated by monopoly on truth (MoT), the belief that ones own ideas are objectively better for everyone. The results corroborate that moral obligation and MoT predict collective action and extremist engagement, respectively. This confirms the contribution of the thesis to the literature by adding an axiological path to political action.