Chapt 8. The Conservative Advantage

Chapt 8. The Conservative Advantage

The added Moral Foundation

Figure 8.3. The flag of Virginia, illustrating the Liberty/oppression foundation.

Figure 8.4. Liberal liberty: Interior of a coffee shop in New Paltz, New York. The sign on the left says “No one is free when others are oppressed.” The flag on the right shows corporate logos replacing stars on the American flag. The sign in the middle says “How to end violence against women and children

Figure 8.5. Conservative liberty: Car at a dormitory at Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA. The lower sticker says: “Libertarian: More freedom, less government.”

Figure 8.6. Fairness as proportionality. The right is usually more concerned about catching and punishing free-riders than is the left. (Campaign poster for the Conservative Party in the U.K. parliamentary elections of 2010.)

Figure 8.7. A car in Charlottesville, Virginia, whose owner prefers compassion to proportionality.

To: Jonathan Haidt

Subject: Head up A__

I vote republican because I’m against other people (authority figures) taking my money (that I work hard for) and giving it to a non-producing, welfare collecting, single mother, crack baby producing future democrat. Simple … You’re an over educated “philosopher” with soft hands who gets paid to ask stupid questions and come up with “reasonable” answers.… Go drop some acid and read some Jung.

To: Jonathan HaidtSubject: Top 15 reasons that people vote Democrat

• Laziness.• You want something for nothing.• You need someone to blame for your problems.• You’re afraid of personal responsibility or simply not willing

to accept any.• You despise people who work hard for their money, live their

own lives, and don’t rely on the government for help cradle to grave.

• You’ve had 5 kids from 3 different men and you need the welfare check.

Haidt: “These emails were overflowing with moral content”

We can believe almost anything that supports our team

Bill Moyers talk

http://people.stern.nyu.edu/jhaidt/

start at ~2:30