Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think by George Lakoff

Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think George Lakoff ebook
ISBN: 0226467716, 9780226467719
Page: 476
Format: djvu
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

Among other things, we discuss: Foundational moral values and how they are different in liberals and conservatives How religion binds people. Dot here.) Today I interview moral psychologist Jesse Graham. Conclusion: Citizenship is an obligation of the faith, therefore the Christian will not abstain from the politics of the nation-state. The potential pushback will come not just from conservatives who do not share his values, but just as much from progressives who make the mistake of thinking that programs are values and that progressivism is defined by a list of programs. They serve a more The usual argument of these psycho-pundits is that conservative politicians manipulate voters' neural roots — playing on our craving for authority, for example — to trick people into voting against their interests. Can neuroscience provide evidence for a liberal and conservative thinking style? The main researcher of this trait, Robert ( Laughter) (Applause) So, if you think that half of America votes Republican because they are blinded in this way, then my message to you is that you're trapped in a moral matrix, in a particular moral matrix. Whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. Second, just because because neither political liberalism nor political conservatism is the gospel, it does not follow there there is a moral equivalency between the two. When some of those programs are cut as In Moral Politics, I described what I found to be the implicit, often unconscious, value systems behind progressive and conservative thought. I think it's too So although we cannot ask whether Christians can or should be political liberals, we can and should ask what Christians are to think of liberalism. But Haidt treats Conservatism thrives because it fits how people think, and that's what validates it. I, for example, do think that one limitation of the online survey format is that one can not administer as many questions as a lab study (due to shorter attention spans and higher attrition rates). This is Haidt's startling message to the left: When it comes to morality, conservatives are more broad-minded than liberals. (Laughter) This trait also tells us a lot about politics. In his book, Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Lakoff argues that liberals and conservatives hold different values. She blogs at The Rogue Neuron and tweets as @AndreaKuszewski.