公共宗教研究所（PRRI）2026年美国价值观调查报告：根据最新调查结果，白人福音派新教徒是唯一一个多数人认为“同理心”在使人偏离“上帝真理所指引的社会”时可能变得危险的主要宗教群体。
PRRI, 2026 American Values Survey Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios White evangelical Protestants are the only major religious group in which a majority says empathy can become dangerous when it leads people away from a society guided by God's truth, according to a new survey
这一调查的重要性该调查正值美国基督教内部关于“谁应该被赋予同理心”这一议题的激烈争论之中：
Why it matters The survey lands amid a quiet civil war within American Christianity over who deserves empathy.
从福音派牧师到埃隆·马斯克等保守派人士，都将“同理心”视为一种“弱点”，并在移民、种族正义及LGBTQ+权利等议题的辩论中加以利用。
• Conservatives ranging from evangelical pastors to Elon Musk have framed empathy as a vulnerability in debates over immigration, racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights.
2025年2月，马斯克在接受乔·罗根采访时称“同理心是西方文明的根本弱点”，同时承认其潜在的积极作用，并警告不要将其被恶意利用。
• In a February 2025 interview with Joe Rogan, Musk called empathy "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization," while acknowledging its potential good and warning against its weaponization.
具体数据：非党派的公共宗教研究所（PRRI）发布的年度《美国价值观调查》显示：
42%的白人福音派新教徒认为“同理心是一种有助于构建健康社会的核心价值观”；
By the numbers: The annual American Values Survey from the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released Tuesday found that 42% of white evangelical Protestants agreed that empathy is a foundational moral value that helps build a healthy society.
54%的白人福音派新教徒认为“当同理心使人偏离上帝真理所指引的社会时，它可能会变得危险”。
• Separately, 54% agreed that empathy can become dangerous when it leads people away from a society guided by God's truth.
在其他所有宗教群体中，至少有66%的人认同“同理心是核心价值观”的观点（其中白人主流新教徒的比例为73%，西班牙裔天主教徒的比例也为66%）。
• In every other religious group, PRRI found that at least 66% agreed with the foundational-value statement, including 73% of white mainline Protestants and Hispanic Catholics.
83%的无宗教信仰者、80%属于其他非基督教宗教的信徒、77%的犹太美国人以及65%的后期圣徒（Latter-day Saints）也认同“同理心是核心价值观”。
• Empathy's foundational value was endorsed by 83% of religiously unaffiliated Americans, 80% of respondents grouped under other non-Christian religions, 77% of Jewish Americans and 65% of Latter-day Saints. The intrigue:
调查中的显著差异：调查结果显示存在明显的党派分歧：84%的民主党人认同“同理心是核心价值观”，而共和党人这一比例仅为54%；独立选民的支持率为70%。
The survey found a 30-point partisan gap: 84% of Democrats agreed with the foundational-value statement, compared with 54% of Republicans. Independents were at 70%.
白人福音派新教徒在各个宗教群体中尤为突出，但PRRI会分别统计宗教信仰与党派立场的相关数据。
• White evangelicals stand out among religious groups, but PRRI reports religious and partisan results separately.
该调查并未明确说明白人福音派新教徒在加剧共和党与民主党分歧中所起的具体作用。
• The survey doesn't establish how much white evangelicals contribute to the Republican-Democratic gap.
进一步分析：这种分歧也与PRRI所测量的基督教民族主义倾向相吻合。在被PRRI归类为基督教民族主义者的人群中，仅有38%的人认同“同理心是社会基石”这一观点，而在反对者中这一比例则高达94%。
Zoom in: The divide also tracks with PRRI's Christian nationalism measure. Among people PRRI classifies as Christian nationalism adherents, 38% agreed that empathy is foundational, compared with 94% of rejecters.
- PRRI依据受访者对“以基督教教义为基础的美国政府与法律”的支持程度，以及“基督徒应当对社会行使统治权”这一观点的认同度，将其划分为基督教民族主义者或同情者。
• PRRI classifies respondents as Christian nationalist adherents or sympathizers based on support for a U.S. government and laws grounded in Christianity and the view that Christians should exercise dominion over society.
- 六成基督教民族主义者认同“同理心可能带来危害”这一说法，而反对者中仅有6%的人持相同观点。
• Six in 10 adherents agreed that empathy can become dangerous, compared with 6% of rejecters. What they're saying:
各方评论：“随着基督教民族主义领袖们不断抨击同理心这一价值观，一种令人担忧的‘同理心鸿沟’已然出现，使得共和党人及白人福音派信徒与大多数美国民众渐行渐远，”PRRI创始人兼主席罗伯特·P·琼斯在一份声明中说道。
"As Christian nationalist leaders attack the sentiment of empathy, a disturbing 'empathy gap' has opened, separating Republicans and white evangelicals from most other Americans," PRRI President and Founder Robert P. Jones said in a statement.
- 琼斯指出，这些研究结果引发了人们对“不同背景的人们究竟凭借何种道德基础才能共同维系民主制度”这一问题的思考。
• Jones said the findings raise questions about the moral foundations that let people from different backgrounds share a democracy.