Comments on: A Different God, A Different Mountaintop http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/05/01/a-different-god-a-different-mountaintop/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Colorado Russ http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/05/01/a-different-god-a-different-mountaintop/comment-page-1/#comment-138695 Colorado Russ Sat, 02 May 2009 20:03:50 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=5700#comment-138695 I agree with you that Haidt’s "five foundational moral impulses" are incomplete, and probably need refining. I have long held that conservatives and liberals hold common values, but they put them in at different levels of priority. The two primary values that I have identified are liberty and equality-- Conservatives value liberty over equality. Liberals value equality over liberty. I agree with you that Haidt’s “five foundational moral impulses” are incomplete, and probably need refining.

I have long held that conservatives and liberals hold common values, but they put them in at different levels of priority.

The two primary values that I have identified are liberty and equality—
Conservatives value liberty over equality.
Liberals value equality over liberty.

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