Asymmetries in Redistributive Attitudes: Different Concerns and Emotions Underlie Public Opinion about Taking From the Rich and Giving To the Poor

• In Event: Who Deserves What? Opinion and The Politics of Deservingness

Brief Overview

1)People are more concerned about the efforts of the poor than the efforts of the rich in the context of redistribution 2) compassion shapes attitudes about giving to the poor, whereas admiration shapes attitudes about taking from the rich

Author

• Kristina Jessen Hansen, Aalborg University