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Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know That Liberals Don't

*Moral Politics* takes a fresh look at how we think and talk about political and moral ideas. George Lakoff analyzed recent political discussion to find that the family--especially the ideal family--is the most powerful metaphor in politics today. Revealing how family-based moral values determine views on diverse issues as crime, gun control, taxation, social programs, and the environment, George Lakoff looks at how conservatives and liberals link morality to politics through the concept of family and how these ideals diverge.

George Lakoff. Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know That Liberals Don't.

Moral Politics takes a fresh look at how we think and talk about political and moral ideas. George Lakoff analyzed recent political discussions to find that the family--especially the ideal family--is the most important metaphor of today. He looks at how conservatives and liberals link morality to politics through the concept of family and how these ideals diverge. A wake-up call to political pundits on both the left and the right, this work redefines how American think and talk about politics.