Valued E + L

Unvalued P + R

Description

Orientation toward grand ideals and principled frameworks.

Attraction to emotional intensity and categorical clarity over nuanced modulation.

Commitment to collective identities and cultural continuity.

Readiness for sacrifice in service of transcendent obligations.

Preference for engaged belief over pragmatic indifference.

Favors comprehensive approaches over incremental solutions.

Values systemic integrity of values over immediate utility.

Intellectual Level

Universalization

Preference for grand principles that integrate particular cases

Civilizational Level

Advances civilizational projects based on grand narratives

Social Level

Bonds through shared ideological identity and loyalty

Psychological Level

Passionate investment and affective polarization

Spectrum Clusters

The characteristic factors

1
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Passion and idealism versus pragmatism

2
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Emotional contrast and striving for heroic intensity

3
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Principle/theory over benefit, expediency, and practice

4
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Emotional strength (intense emotional life vs calm stability)

5
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Radicalism versus moderation/compromise

6
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Militaristic/hierarchical orientation versus egalitarian/peaceful values

7
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Focus on the general/whole over the particular/individual

8
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Importance of systematic, structured knowledge and truth-seeking

9
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Low consideration of others' interests

10
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Verbal/linguistic retrieval and speech-center efficiency (speech slips)

11
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Higher truths and intuition over practical benefit

12
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Miscellaneous physiological and interpersonal sensitivity indicators