## Metadata - Author: [[spsp.org]] - Full Title:: Making Sense of Moral Disagreement: Liberals, Conservatives and the Harm-Based Template They Share - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://spsp.org/news-center/character-context-blog/making-sense-moral-disagreement-liberals-conservatives-and-harm - Read date:: [[2026-05-02]] ## Highlights > The plurality of harm obviates the need for different moral modules, allowing moral cognition to be both parsimonious and diverse. In the words of eminent anthropologist and moral pluralist, Richard Shweder, dyadic morality allows for “universality without the uniformity,” (2012) by explaining moral differences with different assumptions about sources of harm. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kqkr4ycmekxnwf7rez9e2car)) > conservative participants see sex and religion as sources of harm, and so moralize them accordingly—without requiring a separate “purity” mechanism. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kqkr5nn9pnd38nxvv1fzy70t)) > Obvious harm (e.g., murder) is quickly and universally judged as immoral, whereas more ambiguous harm (e.g., masturbation) is less robustly judged as immoral—allowing for variable perceptions and therefore moral disagreement. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kqkr9vxycxpk9h052ge32fvd))