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****punishment can be good for you, since going through hardships builds moral strength.
 
****punishment can be good for you, since going through hardships builds moral strength.
 
***Actively through self-denial and further self-discipline.
 
***Actively through self-denial and further self-discipline.
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***Two moral strengths:
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****External threats: ''Courage'' is the strength to stand up to external evils.
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****internal threats: Cases where the issue of''self-control'' arises.
 
*Bad
 
*Bad
 
**Being bad is being low
 
**Being bad is being low
 
**Doing Evil is falling
 
**Doing Evil is falling
 
** Evil is a force (Conservatives tend to see evil as something done by somebody, and this relate to the [[FFFF]] mode of somthing that try to harm us. [[User:WinSysop|Tal Yaron]] 13:10, 15 August 2012 (IDT))
 
** Evil is a force (Conservatives tend to see evil as something done by somebody, and this relate to the [[FFFF]] mode of somthing that try to harm us. [[User:WinSysop|Tal Yaron]] 13:10, 15 August 2012 (IDT))
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The world is divided in to good and evil ([[FFFF]] style [[User:WinSysop|Tal Yaron]] 13:24, 15 August 2012 (IDT))
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* To remain good in the face of evil (to "stand up to" evil), one must be morally strong. 
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* One becomes morally strong through self-discipline and self-denial. 
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* Someone who is morally weak cannot stand up to evil and so will eventually commit evil. 
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* Therefore, moral weakness is a form of immorality. 
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* Lack of self-control (the lack of self-discipline) and self-indulgence (the refusal to engage in self-denial) are therefore forms of immorality. 
  
  

Revision as of 04:24, 15 August 2012

Original paper[1].

Summery

Lakoff set several moral metaphors used liberals and conservatives.

Conservative metaphors

The most important is strength metaphor:

  • Good
    • Being good is being upright
    • Morality is strength (Conservatives tel you to stand up and fight. It correlate with the FFFF for fighting against danger to survive. Tal Yaron 13:12, 15 August 2012 (IDT))
      • Through sufficient self-discipline to meet one's responsibilities and face existing hardships.
        • punishment can be good for you, since going through hardships builds moral strength.
      • Actively through self-denial and further self-discipline.
      • Two moral strengths:
        • External threats: Courage is the strength to stand up to external evils.
        • internal threats: Cases where the issue ofself-control arises.
  • Bad
    • Being bad is being low
    • Doing Evil is falling
    • Evil is a force (Conservatives tend to see evil as something done by somebody, and this relate to the FFFF mode of somthing that try to harm us. Tal Yaron 13:10, 15 August 2012 (IDT))

The world is divided in to good and evil (FFFF style Tal Yaron 13:24, 15 August 2012 (IDT))

  • To remain good in the face of evil (to "stand up to" evil), one must be morally strong.
  • One becomes morally strong through self-discipline and self-denial.
  • Someone who is morally weak cannot stand up to evil and so will eventually commit evil.
  • Therefore, moral weakness is a form of immorality.
  • Lack of self-control (the lack of self-discipline) and self-indulgence (the refusal to engage in self-denial) are therefore forms of immorality.


references

  1. ↑ Metaphor, Morality, and Politics, Or, Why Conservatives Have Left Liberals In the Dust ,George Lakoff, 1995
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