Liberalism's values are about structuring society so as to avoid the doing of harm and creating fairness.
Social conservatism's values include those, but place an equal (often higher) value on loyalty, respect, and purity.
Haidt suggests that because liberals often reject those other three values as being integral to creating a moral society [in some part, I would suggest, because those values have been misused by opponents of liberalism to repress their social opponents], liberals are tone deaf to many concerns of the broader society.
He makes a compelling argument that these values need not be antithetical to liberal ones, but can have complimentary aspects.
And he posits that until liberals understand and respond to the appeal of these values, they will continue to fail to sway a large portion of the electorate towards their positions.
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Date: 2008-09-16 09:29 pm (UTC)Liberalism's values are about structuring society so as to avoid the doing of harm and creating fairness.
Social conservatism's values include those, but place an equal (often higher) value on loyalty, respect, and purity.
Haidt suggests that because liberals often reject those other three values as being integral to creating a moral society [in some part, I would suggest, because those values have been misused by opponents of liberalism to repress their social opponents], liberals are tone deaf to many concerns of the broader society.
He makes a compelling argument that these values need not be antithetical to liberal ones, but can have complimentary aspects.
And he posits that until liberals understand and respond to the appeal of these values, they will continue to fail to sway a large portion of the electorate towards their positions.