Social conservatism

their voting preference would be persuaded to one political group or the other. Yoel Inbar, David Pizarro, Ravi Iyer and Jonathan Haidt (2012) carried out two studies, which explored the relationship between political liberalism, and political conservatism. Prior to the survey most people considered themselves as being liberal (41.6%) while significantly less people considered themselves conservative (5.4%). When exposed to ‘disgust sensitivity’ (DS) across three moral domains (Inbar et al.…

al., 2013, p.55). For example, when people are allowed to talk freely without any restrictions or any worries of political correctness, their true beliefs and ideas come out. This allows them to have the liberty to talk about: religion, politics, social dynamics, etc. This is beneficial to society as “the free competition and interplay of different ideas allow the more valid ideas to show their worth” (Mintz et al., 2013, p.55), thus, allowing truly great ideas to shine in society. When hateful…

Gun control has been a reoccurring issue in the Unites States for some time now. According to Paul Rosenzweig in his article, Guns: A Loaded Argument, he suggests that the issues related to gun control hardly has to deal with the amount of regulation, but more with how much power the government has to regulate individual conduct, which in his writing expresses that it should be fairly limited. Rosenzweig supports his claim by first saying that most people agree with some type of regulation on…

The United States of America; land of the free and home of the brave. Over the past two hundred and forty years of being a nation, we have continually prevented groups of people from voting in our democratic republic. From African Americans to women, we have withheld the right to vote; it is time again to restrict voting, but this time for those sixty-five years of age and older, the elderly. The U.S. has an increasing number of elderly people that have continually growing radically conservative…

One of the numerous basic survival needs for humans is sleep. An average person sleeps for eight hours in a day and approximately lives for 71 years. With that information it is not hard to say that the average human sleeps 207,320 hours (71 years multiplied by 365 days in a year, that answer multiplied by 8 hours) in a lifetime, an estimated one-third of our lives. Each night, when our heads it the soft pillow and finally lull into a sleeping state, we as individuals will have four to seven…

potential capacity. Therefore, people establish their moral view based on their own assumption of human being’s capacity. He concludes that “constrained” idea leads to the conservatives who focus more on individual happiness, while the liberals who value social harmony are inclined to believe people are unconstrained. The framework can describe some of my views, but contradict with my opinion of the government, which are the “locus of discretion” and “mode of discretion”. I believe that there…

What is my Social Identity? My social identity is begins with my deep family roots in my hometown of Riverview, New Brunswick. My upbringing was centered on my family, I take pride in the fact that I was raised in the same home my father was raised. Staying connected with my small-town family roots has left me humble and modest. Humility is very important for my family, we have created a lot of personal success from our family business Cobb’s Funeral Home and are very thankful to the community…

politics. Recent changes allow for more parties, and several have emerged, but the Conservative and Liberal parties control the majority of elected offices. The Liberal Party continues to support religious toleration and a positive response to the social and economic demands of the masses. The Liberals support separation of church and state, though in practice a strong church is accepted. Federalism, while important in theory, has been abandoned in practice by Liberal leaders. In general,…

When I interviewed friends and family, I realized how defensive they became when trying to explain their belief system and why it is important that they could represent themselves accurately in today’s social and political climate. An example that stood out most was when one family member explained it like this; “When I am asked if I am pro-marriage and I answer yes, they turn around and say Jay hates gay people. In fact that is not what I was asked…

Throughout her novel, Sula, Toni Morrison argues the importance of the mother-daughter relationship. As Hannah was influenced by Eva to be independent and untraditional, Sula Peace was encouraged by Hannah to refuse the traditional role model for women in a patriarchal society and rejected the obligation of a woman to create and maintain a family. Sula was more successful in being independent than Hannah had been because she was educated outside Medallion and had experience outside the…