Another look at the duality of the dual-process motivational model. On the role of axiological and moral origins of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation

•Motivational goals of the Double Process are determined by values and morality.•Preference for conservation values is positively related to right-wing authoritarianism.•Preference for self-enhancement values is positively related to social dominance orientation.•Ethics of community predicts higher level of right-wing authoritarianism.•Ethics of autonomy predicts lower level of social dominance orientation.

The current study postulates a more holistic view on the Dual-Process Motivational model (DPM). More specifically, it questions placing specific social worldview beliefs (Dangerous World and Competitive Jungle) at the very heart of the process which produces right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO). The sample was comprised of 750 adult respondents representative of the population of Poland. Data were collected with computer-assisted questionnaires and analyzed using hierarchical regression analyses. The results show that the complexity of social phenomena related to DPM can primarily be seen as direct consequences of the fundamental duality of moral intuitions and preferences for values. High RWA is primarily an expression of the ethics of community and preference for conservation values; high SDO is primarily an expression of rejection of the ethics of autonomy and is related to preference for self-enhancement values. Both, moral intuitions and preferences for values, cannot be reduced to the components of RWA and SDO. The role of social worldview beliefs in the Dual Process should be examined in relation to the ethical and axiological duality underlying RWA and SDO.