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Moral politics : how liberals and conservatives think

Author: George Lakoff
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: George Lakoff
ISBN: 0226467708 9780226467702 0226467716 9780226467719
OCLC Number: 47990012
Description: xv, 471 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Pt. I. Introduction. The mind and politics ; The worldview problem for American politics. -- Pt. II. Moral conceptual systems. Experiential morality ; Keeping the moral books ; Strict father morality ; Nurturant parent morality. -- Pt. III. From family-based morality to politics. Why we need a new understanding of American politics ; The nature of the model ; Moral categories in politics. -- Pt. IV. The hard issues. Social programs and taxes ; Crime and the death penalty ; Regulation and the environment ; The culture wars: from affirmative action to the arts ; Two models of Christianity ; Abortion ; How can you love your country and hate your government? -- Pt. V. Summing up. Varieties of liberals and conservatives ; Pathologies, stereotypes, and distortions ; Can there be a politics without family values? -- Pt. VI. Who's right? And how can you tell? Nonideological reasons for being a liberal ; Raising real children ; The human mind ; Basic humanity. -- Epilogue: Problems for public discourse.
Responsibility: George Lakoff.
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