Conservatives—both political and religious—are more likely than liberals to support laws regulating traditional or religious morality. The current study applies a moral psychological framework to argue that the association between conservatism and moral regulation law support can be explained in part by binding morality, or a moral orientation that privileges group needs above individual needs and includes concerns about absolutism, collectivism, and purity. Binding morality may directly promote support for moral regulation laws, which enforce traditional rules, discourage deviance, and require adherence to customs regarding bodily and spiritual purity. Binding morality may also indirectly promote support for moral regulation laws by motivating perceptions that “immoral” behaviors are harmful to innocent victims. I test these hypotheses using three analytic samples drawn from the General Social Survey (N = 3669, 7120, 369). Results show that, as expected, binding morality (especially purity) mediates the effects of political and religious conservatism on laws regulating pornography, marijuana, abortion, and euthanasia. Additional analyses exploring views about pornography show that binding morality (especially collectivism) is associated with perceptions of immorality as harmful, which in turn is associated with support for regulation.

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具有约束力的道德和感知伤害是政治和宗教保守派支持道德规范法律的根源

保守派（包括政治派和宗教派）比自由派更可能支持规范传统或宗教道德的法律。当前的研究运用道德心理框架来论证，保守主义与道德规范法律支持之间的联系可以部分通过约束道德来解释。或特权群体需要超越个人需求的道德取向，其中包括对专制，集体主义和纯洁的关注。具有约束力的道德可能会直接促进对道德规范法律的支持，这些法律会执行传统规则，阻止偏差并要求在身体和精神纯洁方面遵守风俗习惯。具有约束力的道德也可能通过激发人们认为“不道德”行为对无辜受害者有害的观念，从而间接促进对道德规范法的支持。我使用从一般社会调查（N= 3669、7120、369）。结果表明，正如预期的那样，具有约束力的道德（特别是纯洁）在调节色情，大麻，堕胎和安乐死的法律中介导了政治和宗教保守主义的影响。进一步的探索色情文学观点的分析表明，约束性道德（尤其是集体主义）与对不道德行为有害的看法相关，而反过来又与对法规的支持有关。