Jonathan Haidt: The real difference between liberals and con
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Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, 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.
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| I think the ... ( 2 weeks ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| I think the fundamental problem with this statement is that it does not specify what is meant either by liberal, or morals. That said, I think there are good and bad people on all sides of the political spectrum. |
| I don't think ... ( 2 weeks ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| I don't think people whose moral values come from a more secular mode of thought necessarily just make up their own morals or just do whatever the hell they want. We are all products of a society, which means we will all on some level share elements of a common value system, but there will be some variance within that system as, I am sure you will agree, people do tend to be regionally, culturally, and sometimes individually unique. |
| Yeah, the Cole was ... ( 2 weeks ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| Yeah, the Cole was a real national catastrophe, I mean, compared to Katrina, an illegal war, and a crushed economy...Hmmm, actually Clinton is looking kinda good right now. |
| What do you mean by ... ( 2 weeks ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| What do you mean by "controlled"? Certainly you don't mean the federal government as that would be factually incorrect. |
| Love this video. I ... ( 2 weeks ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| Love this video. I have my sociology students watch it at the beginning of my "social problems" course. |
| Difference between ... ( 2 weeks ago by ChrisArlingtonVA) |
| Difference between a liberal and a conservative? Why, that's simple. Conservatives tend to be religious fundamentalists. Liberals tend to be not. Of course there are exceptions, but that pretty much sums it up. |
| The legal system is ... ( 2 weeks ago by vent5) |
| The legal system is what keeps the system together, no religion. |
| Liberal is a common ... ( 1 week ago by bsm1030) |
| Liberal is a common term nowadays and doesn't really require explanation. "Moral" is a word that describes a lot of different behaviors and means different things to different people. This, I think, causes a lot of misunderstanding. In my mind it includes honesty, a willingness to work hard for the money your get, and motivation to avoid sexual promiscuity, etc. Your own moral standards were likely infuenced primarily by the family that you grew up in, more than society in general. |
| The US legal system ... ( 1 week ago by bsm1030) |
| The US legal system was based on religion. The founding fathers were christians, and they, in effect, "legislated morality" and gave us many of the laws that we have today. If the FF were muslim or hindu, for example, we would have a very different set of laws, not based on christianity. If you simply look at morals today, it may seem like many are secular in nature, but most of them have a history that shows that they originated in a religion. |
| What language you ... ( 1 week ago by bsm1030) |
| What language you use and how you dress could also easily be considered "moral" standards. most religions teach against obscene language and many teach that you should not dress like a bum or like an emo or goth. These are not things that are likely to be important to your average liberal. |
| I've read the Bible ... ( 1 week ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| I've read the Bible cover to cover, the Baghvad Ghita, the Tao Te Ching, most of the Koran, and lots of Buddhist texts and I have yet to see one of them say anything against dressing like a goth or an emo or whatever. |
| Your historical ... ( 1 week ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| Your historical facts are not entirely correct. Yes, the founding father were Christians, but Enlightenment era Christians. That means while they believed in the Christian God and did have one part of their value set shaped by biblical conceptualizations of morality. However, they also believed in the virtues of reason, science, and the notion that societies change and evolve over time. In that sense, they were deists, meaning they believe God created the universe, but that the laws which |
| I didn't say it was ... ( 1 week ago by bsm1030) |
| I didn't say it was in religous text. I said many churches teach against it. or at least frown upon it you could say. |
| your right that my ... ( 1 week ago by bsm1030) |
| your right that my historical facts are not entirely correct. but they aren't really wrong either. you would have to try really hard to ignore all the christian influence that the founding fathers brought in to our legal system. It doesn't matter if you aethists and agnostics out there like that fact or not, its still true. I didn't get you whole comment by the way cornagainst. it cuts off at the end. am interested to read the whole thing. |
| Most of the ... ( 6 days ago by CrowsTurnOff) |
| Most of the Founding Fathers were Christians, yes, but some of them weren't - there were quite a few deists, there was even an atheist or two. Also, "founded by Christians" is not the same as "founded by Christianity." These were highly intelligent men who knew their personal beliefs should not interfere with the rights of others, who understood separation. Plus, which "Christian Laws" is our legal system based on? The Constitution declares that "the People" rule the country, not any god. |
| For a comparison, ... ( 6 days ago by CrowsTurnOff) |
| For a comparison, only TWO of the Ten Commandments are reflected in the legal system of the United States. The idea that murder is wrong and the idea that stealing is wrong. These are the ONLY two that are legally represented. And, both of these are ideas that have been around before the Ten Commandments, they are both ideas that have secular and social reasonings, and they are both also taught in almost all religions. So, what exactly is "Christian-based" about our legal system? |
| thinkin about it, ... ( 6 days ago by bsm1030) |
| thinkin about it, its a bit silly for you to even say that. Those religious texts have been around for thousands of years and haven't been kept up to date. How could they possibly mention something specific that has been going on for ten or fifteen years? Maybe you just want to impress us all with your tedious and somewhat pointless study? |
| "The fundamental ... ( 6 days ago by bsm1030) |
| "The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from Isaiah and Saint Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don't have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State." - Harry S. Truman |
| "A nation which ... ( 6 days ago by bsm1030) |
| "A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.... America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the tenets of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scripture." - Woodrow Wilson. |
| Christianity has ... ( 6 days ago by bsm1030) |
| Christianity has influenced our nation and its laws more than I can put into a 500 character limit. If you can't see it, you are trying to avoid it because you don't want it to be true. If you really don't believe that christianity has influenced our laws and government, then go and live in a muslim or a hindu country; you will be shocked at the difference in attitude and application of laws. I know that America is becoming much more secular today, but never forget where we came from. |
| Yeah, 500 character ... ( 3 days ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| Yeah, 500 character and wouldn't let me repost. it should continue as: the laws with which God set the universe in order could be studied scientifically, and learned--Newton and all that. Being Enlightenment thinkers, this applied to their thinking about society and social behavior as well. The founding fathers, you are eight, were steeped in the Christian faith, but their education was such that they knew not every citizen will or needs or should be religious in the same way. If Christian law |
| works to solve some ... ( 3 days ago by cornagainstsorcery) |
| works to solve some problems--like faith based stuff and poverty and community organizing and stuff, that's totally cool with me. However, I think the notion that, for example, we need to have amendments in state constitutions against groups of people for their sexual preferences because in the imagination of a particular group of religious people the founding fathers would somehow be effaced by married lesbians and gays is misguided, imho. I'm not agnostic or athiest. |
| STOP! A homosexual ... ( 3 days ago by motaloca) |
| STOP! A homosexual uses a homosexual experience to open his argument. |
| huh? ( 18 minutes ago by JuiceBoxheero) |
| huh? |
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