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Throw back library...interesting read... Moral Politics How Liberals and Conservatives Think is a 1996 book by cognitive linguist George Lakoff. It argues that conservatives and liberals hold two different conceptual models of morality. Conservatives have a Strict Father morality in which people are made good through self-discipline and hard work, everyone is taken care of by taking care of themselves. Liberals have a Nurturant Parent morality in which everyone is taken care of by helping each other. (The first edition of the book was published with the subtitle What conservatives know that liberals dont.) The book is intended as an objective study of the conceptual metaphors underlying conservative and liberal politics although the closing section is devoted to the authors personal views. Lakoff makes it clear however, that there is no such thing as an Objective study of politics, as politics is based in subjective morality.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:25:44 +0000

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