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The difference in perspective between liberals and conservatives is not so much in the values they espouse as in the weights they assign to them, with liberals in particular citing the embodiment of care (kindness) as the overriding moral imperative at the expense of essentially all other virtues. This moral priority is increasingly expressed through advocacy for the avoidance of harm and the promotion of equality. To advance their cause in the public space, conservatives are increasingly led to justify their moral choices in those terms. The result we see is a hollowing out of the public moral discourse, with considerations of mainstream traditional concepts of virtue still influencing the members of communities who have a shared source of authority, but increasingly found to be absent from the wider public discussion. What is to be done? If we are right in our diagnosis that the intractability of political discourse in the present age is due to a dearth of common values, and more specifically a lack of diversity in the values perspective of the progressive left, then it is better to acknowledge this and look to deal with it, rather than ignoring it. If greater common ground is to be found between liberals and conservatives, it is the latter group who must establish it and look to defend it, challenging the former’s monopoly on the idea of what constitutes “kindness” and enriching it by offering a more diverse palette of values and virtues allowing a more inclusive moral debate.

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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Discussion
2.1. Bias in Liberal Thinking
2.2. Wider Societal Impact
2.3. The New Puritanism
3. Conclusion
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저자

• Colin Turfus [ Independent researcher ]
• Don Trubshaw [ Independent researcher ] Corresponding Author

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  선문효정학술연구회 학술대회 프로시딩

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  2023~2026

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