Each of the posts in this essay is really just an abstract for a potentially much longer exploration of the topic it contains, which could be supported by the latest findings of social science research as well as by history. I think that not only could this essay thus be expanded into a book-length report, I think that, in the hands of thoughtful historians like Gordon S. Wood and Bernard Bailyn, and thoughtful economists and politicians, Moral Foundations Theory could spawn many books, which together could bring a new, more enlightened understanding of morality, history, economics, politics, the political divide, and each other, that could correct some of the unwise conventional wisdom we seem to rely on so heavily, and help us do a better job of working together to keep our elephants on the proper path.
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Challenging Conventional Wisdom about Conservatism and Liberalism. . . . "it ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. . . . . . . . . . . . It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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I Support Viewpoint Diversity
A politically diverse group of social scientists, natural scientists, humanists, and other scholars who want to improve our academic disciplines and universities. We share a concern about a growing problem: the loss or lack of “viewpoint diversity.” When nearly everyone in a field shares the same political orientation, certain ideas become orthodoxy, dissent is discouraged, and errors can go unchallenged.
Venn Diagram of Liberal and Conservative Traits and Moral Foundations and
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