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Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think by George Lakoff

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

Large role in determining one's political values preferences. By Chris Mooney Basically, here's the gist: Kahan doesn't believe that liberals and conservatives differ in their tendency to engage in what is called “motivated reasoning. Answer: they substantially exaggerate the moral differences between liberals and conservatives. Cognitive linguist George Lackoff's 1996 book Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think introduced me to the power of moral metaphors and framing. That's reality, but what do people think? That said, liberals should stand for something. I agree with you on what needs to be done, but I hate that the only people who will do it are the conservatives. In 2004, he wrote “Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate,” “Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think” and “Whose Freedom?” in 1996, and “The Political Mind” in 1998. I really recomend "Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think". The Differing Moral Concerns Of Liberals & Conservatives. To put it simply, I think there is too much evidence that people who opt for the left, and people who opt for the right, are just different along any number of personality and moral dimensions that may skew how they respond to political information.