The roots of political morality

[Klast Brell]

There is a good argument for putting this link in the Philosophy and Religion section. I could categorize it as Psychology, Sociology, Political Science. When I first saw this I immediately wanted to post it here. Then I thought about it and was afraid to post it here. It starts out sounding like a slam on conservatives, but don't let that stop you from watching it. It skewers liberals pretty hard. It presents what I believe to be a truly nonpartisan look at the mentality of liberals and conservatives, and points out some flaws in the liberal mindset. Things that could be used in arguments against the liberals on this board.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt ... _mind.html

The short version is that this researcher found that the moral views that influence political decisions can be broken up in to 5 categories. Harm against the defenseless, fairness, loyalty, respect of authority, and overall purity. Harm and Fairness is more important to liberals. Loyalty, Authority and Purity are more important to conservatives. He then goes on to discuss the ramifications of this, and ends with a challenge to liberals. If you value being open minded try to open your mind to acknowledging the weaknesses in your own views.

Well worth watching for people on all points of the political spectrum.

[Rsak]

Good find.

And to clarify Conservatives do not find Loyalty, Authority, and Purity more important then Harm and Fairness, but grouped pretty close together instead of a large difference in them as found in Liberals.

I definitely agree with the Buddhist stanza on truth.

[Garrdor]

Yeah, this is pretty worthy of a TED talk.

[Kulaf]

Interesting to watch and explains some of my political leanings. I tend to vote more conservative when it comes to national elections because I tend to feel those leaders will keep America strong and cohesive and safe......and I tend to vote more liberally at the state and local levels because I believe that is where people need to be taken care of and those elected officials can do it the best.