The Independent Whig
Nutshells
Circumstances and Beliefs
Social circumstances and political beliefs make each other up in the fashion of the chicken and the egg, with the following caveat: The scope of a person’s beliefs is bounded by the scope of the moral foundations they employ. – The Independent Whig
The Great Struggle
The great struggle of humanity is the struggle to find the proper balance between community and autonomy, and the tipping point is always moving. – The Independent Whig
Income Inequality in a Nutshell
Income inequality is to free markets and our quality of life as the wake is to a ship that carries us safely and comfortably across the stormy north Atlantic. The former is a natural consequence of the latter. The only way to reduce or eliminate the wake of income inequality is to do the same … Continue reading
Conservatism and Liberalism in a Nutshell
When there’s food on the table there are many problems. When there’s no food on the table there is only one problem. The seven-foundation (including ownership) conservative morality gained freedom from an oppressive regime, and it created a new form of government designed to prevent such oppression from ever happening again. The new nation, thus … Continue reading
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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