The three subscales of the Light Triad Scale are conceptualized as follows:
Faith in Humanityㅡor the belief that, generally speaking, humans are good.
Sample item: I think people are mostly good.
Humanismㅡor the belief that humans across all backgrounds are deserving of respect and appreciation.
Sample Item: I enjoy listening to people from all walks of life.
Kantianismㅡor the belief that others should be treated as ends in and of themselves, and not as pawns in one’s own game.
Sample item: When I talk to people, I am rarely thinking about what I want from them.
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via https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwins-subterranean-world/201903/the-light-triad-personality
The three subscales of the Light Triad Scale are conceptualized as follows:
Faith in Humanityㅡor the belief that, generally speaking, humans are good.
Sample item: I think people are mostly good.
Humanismㅡor the belief that humans across all backgrounds are deserving of respect and appreciation.
Sample Item: I enjoy listening to people from all walks of life.
Kantianismㅡor the belief that others should be treated as ends in and of themselves, and not as pawns in one’s own game.
Sample item: When I talk to people, I am rarely thinking about what I want from them.
![](https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/438704/fpsyg-10-00467-HTML/image_m/fpsyg-10-00467-g001.jpg)
via https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwins-subterranean-world/201903/the-light-triad-personality