Politics as a moral problem

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When Moral Politics was first published two decades ago, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff’s classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and conservatives have come to hold even more vigorously opposed views of the world, with the underlying assumptions of their respective Cited by: In Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, George Lakoff uses the methods of cognitive linguistics-a field in which he has worked since its infancy-to explain the different worldviews that shape liberal and conservative thought, and why what seems like common sense to one seems like bunk to another.

In doing so, he hopes to begin 4/5(). Get this from a library. Politics as a moral problem. [János Kis; Zoltán Miklósi] -- "The instincts of democratic citizens concerning political morality pull in opposite directions.

On the one hand, we tend to think that the norms of political action are more lenient than those of. In Moral Politics, the first full-scale application of cognitive science to politics, George Lakoff analyzes the unconscious worldviews of liberals and conservatives, explaining why they are at odds over so many seemingly unrelated issues-like taxes, abortion, regulation, and social programs.

The differences, Lakoff argues, are not mere matters Cited by: 1. Introduction A first look at our problem A political debate A brief outline of the argument circumstances of politics Two faces of politics Insufficient compliance Preliminary remarks on politics as a moral problem m: the unconstrained thesis Machiavelli’s paradox Explaining the paradox From explanation towards solution Hobbes.

The Problem of Dirty Hands in Politics: Peace in the Vegetable Trade. Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 28, Issue. 3, p. Towards a Dynamic Account of Dirty Hands in Politics.

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The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey is a book by University of Colorado philosophy professor Michael Huemer released in January The first part of the book argues in detail for philosophical anarchism and refutes the legitimacy of political authority, while the second addresses political anarchism and the practical viability of Author: Michael Huemer.

Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Value Wars by Sikivu Hutchinson "Moral Combat" is an enlightening book about the current struggle of black humanist atheist beliefs from a feminist point of view. This informative page book is composed of the following eight chapters: 1.

"Out of the Closet": Black Atheists in Moral /5. Moral Politics NPR coverage of Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think by George Lakoff. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more. Politics as a moral problem. Budapest: Central European University Press, (DLC) Material Type: Document, Internet resource: Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File: All Authors / Contributors: János Kis; Zoltán Miklósi.

Catholic social teaching gives Catholics the ability to assess the moral and political crisis of a nation (and of a democracy) without rejecting the idea of the nation-state and of the legitimacy of a political authority that is pluralistic, non-confessional, and respectful of secular and. The everyday lies expected in politics can loom larger when they are under oath or inside the pages of a book.

By offering books of half-truths, publishing offers a moral mirror of politics. This leads to the third problem, whether there are major inconsistencies of doctrine or method in the Politics. For example, Aristotle's account of the best constitution assumes his theory of justice, a moral standard which cannot be met by the actual political systems (democracies and.

Democrats Have a Religion Problem. he writes in his new book, “Sometimes—as I came to understand the more I worked in politics—a person’s reaction to religious ideas is not. to the book launch of the revised edition of.

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Zoltán Miklósi (associate professor, CEU Political Science Department) Moderator: Dóra Ónody-Molnár. Millions were spent on the treatment of two-dozen different STDs (sexually transmitted diseases), a moral problem; $ billion was lost to white-collar crime and $ billion on violent crime (the inability to distinguish between right or wrong and to control one's behavior by a societal norm is a moral problem).

Detail of Aristotle with a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt, (Metropolitan Museum of Art) A review of his searching new collection of essays, Leading a Worthy Life Our present age has been marked. In contemporary moral philosophy and political theory, this particular kind of publicly driven moral dilemma has gone by the name of the problem of ‘dirty hands’ in public life.".

To have any hope of bringing mutual respect to the current social and political divide, we need to clearly understand the problem and make it part of our contemporary public discourse. Moral Politics offers a much-needed wake-up call to both the left and the right.

A new book, “Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump,” undertakes a rigorous analysis of race politics and the history of race in the United States to grapple with the shifting.In this book Aristotle lays out almost all of his major ideas about the purpose of politics, the virtue of citizens, the varieties of regimes and the nature of justice.

Aristotle discusses at length a seemingly very technical question of what the true definition of a citizen ought to be.In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life.

He argues that the most prominent ideals in our political life /5(2).