Social conservatism

politics would usher in a new age of conservatism for the troubled nation. Reagan’s victory in the presidential election of 1980 was the culmination of the American people’s disgruntlement with the high taxes, moral decline, inefficient government, and rising crime rate of the 1970s. In addition, the quality of life for many Americans was in decline,…

The critical analysis examines my personal positions on social and political worldviews in society today. Socially, my views are moderate and politically my views are democratic. Today in society, especially with the presidential candidates in the election this year, it is very easy for me to realize that I have to compromise some of my worldviews in order to respect most of my social and political viewpoints. Throughout time and circumstance my worldview can bend, but overall these are the…

party and the republican party are the two major political parties in the United States. The democratic party’s chosen political ideology is (modern) liberalism while the republican’s chosen one is conservatism. But, what is a political ideology and what are the differences between liberalism and conservatism? A political ideology is a set of ideas, principles and beliefs, taken on by a group or an individual, that explains how society should function, what our role, as humans, is in society and…

Right Wing vs. Left Wing Left wing and Right wing politics for many years served to classify the political stance and philosophies of the parties, with the left wing being progressive and the Right wing being traditional. The left and right wing ideologies were not fully developed until the 1960’s where two different documents for different groups were written. The two documents outlined the ideals of Left wing liberals and right wing conservatives, ideals that are still used today. The first…

Thesis: While conservatism in the early 19th century may seem like a rejection to revolution, it was more about silencing the middle class and keeping the power with the institutions and practices of tradition. The French Revolution was the beginning of taking power away from monarchs and institutions, to giving power to the middle class and spreading the role of democracy. While the middle class, or Third Estate, were for this new era and embedded Enlightenment thinking and social contract…

improve my own understanding of American politics. Yet it was not an array of scholars and political thinkers I was reading; it was individuals like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Larry Schweikart. To put it mildly, I was a proud supporter of conservatism and its all-stars, which often resulted in heated discussion between me and my peers. My main goals of casual debate were such: repeat the claims my idols…

including the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and markets, as well as limited government. This ideology ran rampant in the Gilded age, as seen through the laissez-faire methods the government held regarding; industrialization, trade, and social reform. It resulted in the manipulation and corruption amongst business and politics, with an oligarchy consisting of a few major figures such as Jay Gould whom held the…

Conservative in modern times has become merely an antonym to the word “liberal”. The word has a one-sided label but embodies several different dimensions that most people fail to recognize. The word needs to be changed in order to be more accompanying of its non-political usage that is often overlooked. Conservative is used to describe a wide variety of people with such variation in cultural dynamics. Although, the word conservative has remained relatively selective to politics in today’s…

Liberals are from Mars and conservative from Venus. The main theme of Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences is to present the reader with how neither is better than the other, but different. The book focuses on the analysis on how biology determines our political views and inclinations. John R. Hibbings, Kevin B. Smith and Jon R. Alford are the authors of Predisposed. As biopoliticians, they provide evidence of people’s view and how it differs based on…

election of a professed “born-again” Christian but did not realize it would serve as a catalyst for the social conservative religious right movement and ultimately force Carter to be a one-term president. Carter born into a southern Baptist denomination embraces a “secular quest for justice” during his presidency. Freedman describes Carter as a unique, “combination of modernity with conservatism” which ultimately allows him to, “win over both religious and secular voters” in…