Moral Foundations Test

Explore the values that shape your sense of right and wrong — and understand how others see it differently.

What this test measures

Moral Foundations Theory, developed by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and colleagues, proposes that human morality is not built from a single principle but from multiple innate foundations that evolved to address different adaptive challenges. Each foundation can be tuned up or down by culture, experience, and temperament. This test reveals your moral profile across six foundations — with no profile being more correct than another. These reflect values, not politics.

What the Moral Foundations Test measures

Your answers are scored across 6 core dimensions:

• Care

  Moderate Care/Harm — compassion and protection of the vulnerable matter to you, but this foundation coexists with other moral concerns that are equally or more salient in different situations.

• Fairness

  Moderate Fairness/Reciprocity — fair treatment and reciprocity matter to you within a broader moral framework that includes other foundations. You care about justice without it being your only or primary moral lens.

• Loyalty

  Moderate Loyalty/Betrayal — group solidarity and loyalty are genuine values for you that coexist with other moral foundations. Betrayal bothers you, but your moral reasoning is not exclusively group-centred.

• Authority

  Moderate Authority/Subversion — you respect legitimate authority and tradition without being rigid about it. You can question structures while also recognising that order and hierarchy serve real functions.

• Purity

  Moderate Purity/Degradation — purity and sanctity concerns are present in your moral world but coexist with other foundations. Certain violations feel wrong to you on an intuitive level, even when you cannot articulate exactly why.

• Liberty

  Moderate Liberty/Oppression — freedom and resistance to coercion matter to you within a broader moral framework. You value autonomy without it being your sole or overriding moral concern.

How it works

1. Answer 54 questions honestly — there are no right or wrong answers.
2. Takes about 12 minutes. No signup, no email, no account.
3. Get your full result instantly — no paywall, no upsell, no teaser.
4. Your answers are encoded into your results link, not stored on our servers.

How to read your results

Results from the Moral Foundations Testare for self-reflection and personal insight. No personality test captures the full complexity of a person, and your result is a snapshot of how you answered today — not a fixed label. Use it as a starting point for understanding patterns in how you think, decide, and relate to others, then take what resonates and leave what doesn’t.

For self-reflection and educational purposes only. Not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment.