I came across this TED talk about the science behind the brains of conservative and liberal people.

The presenter comes at the topic quite neutral. He gets into the science a little but keeps it entertaining with a few jokes.
He does a good job at sort of categorizing some of the differences and some explanations. He submits 5 systems for out moral basis and how conservatives apply those moral values to topics differently. He found similar patterns across multiple countries and cultures as well.

His ultimate goal seems to be a greater understanding and getting people to be less quick to judge and hate. I think it a good presentation given our current divisive climate.

Interesting perspective...  I don't quite agree with "moral" root being about openness/closeness to new experiences, but the speaker is entitled to his opinion.

MORALITY is not about openness or closeness, but it is about principles concerning the distinction between RIGHT and WRONG or good and bad behavior.

My opinion is that the difference between liberals vs conservatives in the area of morality, is that conservatives lean more towards moral absolutes where liberals lean towards relative morality.
The MORAL ROOT of this is whether one believes that God is real or not.  Belief in God is the root of moral absolutes where disbelief in God means no moral absolutes.

Moral absolutes base morality on the nature of God.  Something is good because it is aligned to God's nature.  Something is bad because it is contrary to God's nature.
Moral relativism followed after Frederick Nietzche declared that "God is dead", and people are left without God's moral absolutes to figure out in a humanist way what is right vs wrong.

Interesting perspective...  I don't quite agree with "moral" root being about openness/closeness to new experiences, but the speaker is entitled to his opinion.

MORALITY is not about openness or closeness, but it is about principles concerning the distinction between RIGHT and WRONG or good and bad behavior.

My opinion is that the difference between liberals vs conservatives in the area of morality, is that conservatives lean more towards moral absolutes where liberals lean towards relative morality.
The MORAL ROOT of this is whether one believes that God is real or not.  Belief in God is the root of moral absolutes where disbelief in God means no moral absolutes.

Moral absolutes base morality on the nature of God.  Something is good because it is aligned to God's nature.  Something is bad because it is contrary to God's nature.
Moral relativism followed after Frederick Nietzche declared that "God is dead", and people are left without God's moral absolutes to figure out in a humanist way what is right vs wrong.

I guess it wasn't something I would have put under the banner of morality but I did think the characterization was accurate, that liberals tend to be more open to new strange things.

I started watching some of his other talks and he almost seems to lean conservative. I didn't hear him say anything about whether he believed in religion though. I think he talks from what is known from a scientific psychological/sociological side of things.

I do agree that true right or wrong, objective morality can only exist if a god of some sort exists, something supernatural. Absent that it is all just subjective, though science is able to find patterns in nature. The patterns don't make things right or wrong though, more accurately they would be beneficial or unbeneficial.