Talk:Moral Politics

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It'd be nice if there were articles on cognitive linguistics and/or conceptual metaphor

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The following note and incomplete text don't really belong in the article, until they can be developed further. -- Ryguasu

Lakoff's own descriptive/proscriptive distinction, esp. RE Rawls (p 37) (p. 21)

(One or both of these claims about Jane Jacobs may be blatantly false. Could the author of the original Jane Jacobs observations correct this?)

Jane Jacobs, in her 'Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerece and Politics, shows how identical policies are rationalized in different ways for audiences of different interest groups. Lakoff's model helps explain why this might be an effective strategy. Lakoff also claims that, as of the date of writing, conservatives had much better stradegies for providing a palatable rationalization for their constrituents than did liberals, which was to explain some of their successes.

Jane Jacobs, in her 'Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerece and Politics, discusses how conservative politicians exploit "the logos", or male fascination with beauty, violence, and moral certainty, in order to gain power.

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self-righteousness: p. 59

fairness: p 60