This study examined the relationships among moral foundations, political ideology, and controversial social issues in an Asian culture. The study sample included 835 participants who completed a moral foundations questionnaire and three questions regarding attitudes toward social issues (i.e. nuclear power usage, the death penalty, and euthanasia), and a political ideology questionnaire. Results indicated that binding foundations (i.e. Ingroup, Authority, and Purity) were associated conservative tendencies, and individualizing foundations (i.e. Harm and Fairness) were associated liberal tendencies. Also, participants who scored higher on Authority showed higher approval of the death penalty, and those scored higher on Purity showed lower approval of the euthanasia. These results may provide a better understanding of the underlying differences for variations in opinions on social issues. Results also have implications for cultural differences in the associations among political ideology, social issues, and moral foundations.

本研究考察了亚洲文化中道德基础、政治意识形态和有争议的社会问题之间的关系。研究样本包括 835 名参与者，他们完成了一份道德基础问卷和三个关于对社会问题（即核能使用、死刑和安乐死）的态度的问题，以及一份政治意识形态问卷。结果表明，约束性基础（即内群体、权威和纯洁）与保守倾向相关，而个性化基础（即伤害和公平）与自由倾向相关。此外，在权威上得分较高的参与者表示对死刑的认可度较高，而在纯度上得分较高的参与者表示对安乐死的认可度较低。这些结果可能有助于更好地理解社会问题意见分歧的潜在差异。结果也对政治意识形态、社会问题和道德基础之间关联的文化差异有影响。