Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think by George Lakoff

Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think



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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0226467716, 9780226467719
Page: 476


Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Description: In this classic text, the first full-scale application of cognitive science to politics, George Lakoff analyzes the unconscious an. Whether we're left, right or center. When a politician says "I feel your pain", he is lying his ass off. I recommend George Lakoff's "Moral Politics - How Liberals and Conservatives Think". (Laughter) This trait also tells us a lot about politics. A multitude of articles in major scholarly journals and edited volumes, as well as books such as Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, and Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values, Frame the Debate. Libertarian morality, by rising above and rejecting primitive moralities embodied in the universalist collectivism of left-liberals and the tribalist collectivism of conservatives, made the rule of law, freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and modern prosperity possible. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. 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. Liberals Although some people avoid the crunchy bits by just drilling a hole and sucking out the souly parts, but I think that's just weird.