Moral politics
what conservatives know that liberals don't
by George Lakoff · first published 1996
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What do conservatives know that liberals don't? According to George Lakoff, they know that American politics is about morality and the family. Moral Politics takes a fresh look at how we think and talk about politics and shows that political and moral ideas develop in systematic ways from our models of ideal families. Lakoff reveals how family-based moral values determine views on such diverse issues as crime, gun control, taxation, social programs, and the environment. He shows why it is consistent for conservatives to oppose subsidies for the poor but endorse them for business, or for liber
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Moral Politics, by George Lakoff: this book offered a new perspective on not just the discussion and language of politics, but sent me down the rabbit hole of cognitive linguistics and "embedded mind" in books he authored…
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗On that note, I found this talk on Moral Politics by George Lakoff[1] elsewhere on HN. The basic idea is that people who have different political opinions to you aren't necessarily stupid or greedy or bad actors, they just have different morals and…
This would be a great way to prevent polititians from framing the bills. For more on framing, see George Lakoff’s lecture on moral politics — reveals the way political language uses metaphors and How framing a debate ensures its outcome. Repeating the frame reinforces the intended meaning. Merely Using the name of the bill defines its outcome.…
on “Congress wants to extend the copyright on some sound recordings to 144 years” ↗You've probably seen this, but for those who haven't George Lakoff give's this a fairly good treatment in this[1] on 'Moral Politics'. By 'this' I mean the idea that the Left and the Right have different experiences of what is moral. My issue with politics is that I think we need to extricate it from morality. Like we have separation…
on “It’s official: Venezuela is a dictatorship” ↗In this lecture on Moral Politics, George Lakoff addresses the “nonsensical” speech, metaphors, framing and more. Changed how I listen to mass media and political speech. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5f9R9MtkpqM Also highly recommend…
on “The true purpose of propaganda” ↗…Ruby, telling the story of the moon landing as a conference talk. Inspired me beyond measure and brought tears to my eyes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3XwpSKqNZw —- George Lakoff’s lecture on Moral Politics. Instantaneous understanding of political language and identity politics. Incredibly important, especially today in time of extreme polarization. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5f9R9MtkpqM —- Sir Ken…
on “Ask HN: What's your favorite YouTube video, ever?” ↗…strength, and freedom. Just like beef (“it’s what’s for dinner”) and a delicious juicy rare steak. See? I recommend checking out George Lakoff’s work on the power of identity and metaphors. Look up his “moral politics” lecture on YouTube.
on “US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects” ↗There's a good book called Moral Politics which covers this topic in depth.
on “Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life” ↗lakoff also wrote an interesting book on the application of metaphor to political thought: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Politics
on “A Brief Guide to Embodied Cognition: Why You Are Not Your Brain” ↗…Republican and Democrat being better (party/cultural affiliations vs. more purely political preferences). Some of this is explored by cognitive scientist/linguist George Lakoff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Politics) I'm not buying the whole thing, but recent studies about one's affiliation correlating with various ways of viewing the world bear out some of Lakoff's thoughts.
on “If You Live Near Other People, You're Probably a Democrat.” ↗…society [the right[2]], language is [often] not used for exchange of information [...] It is used to establish social hierarchy. For a good explanation of how this works, George Lakoff's lecture[3] "Moral Politics". [1] https://scienceblogs.com/clock/2007/05/31/more-than-just-res... [2] The "left"/"right" labels are being use in a general psychological sense, which doesn't always match the political groups with…
on “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist Algorithms” ↗…Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Rockridge Institute, a think tank in Berkeley, CA. He is author of "Don't Think of an Elephant!", "Moral Politics", "Whose Freedom?", and coauthor of "Thinking Points: A Progressive's Handbook", as well as many books and articles on cognitive science and linguistics. In this talk Professor Lakoff speaks about his…
on “Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone attack deep in Russia” ↗