Authoritarians endorse contradictory principles and apply double standards without noticing

Evidence

In the last chapter we saw that right-wing authoritarians tend to be especially good at some common cognitive failings. In this chapter we have seen how these shortcomings, and the cognitive operations they are based upon such as compartmentalization, lead Highs to serious inconsistencies and personal blindness. We saw that authoritarians not only believe contradictory ideas, but also endorse contradictory principles. High RWAs use so many double standards that their behavior shows relatively little fairness and integrity. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1914

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the ‘Everyone is a closet authoritarian’ double-standard findings and could surface alongside the Milgram/self-righteousness material.