From: Town Hall
by - Dennis Prager - Jan 17, 2017
Human Nature:
Left: Basically good (Therefore, society is primarily responsible for evil.)
Right: Not basically good (Therefore, the individual is primarily responsible for evil.)
Economic Goal:
Left: Equality
Right: Prosperity
Primary Role of the State:
Left: Increase and protect equality
Right: Increase and protect liberty
Government:
Left: As large as possible
Right: As small as possible
Family Ideal:
Left: Any loving unit of people
Right: A married father and mother, and children
Guiding Trinity:
Left: Race, gender and class
Right: Liberty, In God We Trust and e pluribus unum
Good and Evil:
Left: Relative to individual and/or society
Right: Based on universal absolutes
Humanity's Primary Division(s):
Left: Rich and poor; strong and weak
Right: Good and evil
Ideal Primary Identity of an American:
Left: World citizen
Right: American citizen
How to Make a Good Society:
Left: Abolish inequality
Right: Develop each citizen's moral character
View of America:
Left: Profoundly morally flawed; inferior to any number of European countries
Right: Greatest force for good among nations in world history
Gender:
Left: A social construct
Right: Male and female
Most Important Trait to Cultivate in a Child:
Left: Self-esteem
Right: Self-control
Worth of the Human Fetus:
Left: Determined by the mother
Right: Determined by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values
Primary Source of Crime:
Left: Poverty, racism and other societal flaws
Right: The criminal's malfunctioning conscience
Place of God and Religion in America:
Left: Secular government and secular society
Right: Secular government and religious society
American Exceptionalism:
Left: Chauvinistic doctrine
Right: Historical reality
Greatest Threat to the World:
Left: Environmental catastrophe (currently global warming)
Right: Evil (currently radical Islamist violence)
International Ideal:
Left: World governed by the United Nations, and no single country is dominant
Right: World in which America is the single strongest entity
Primary Reason for Lack of Peace in Middle East:
Left: Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Right: Palestinian, Arab and Muslim denial of Jewish state's right to exist
Purpose of Art:
Left: Challenge status quo and bourgeois sensibilities
Right: Produce works of beauty and profundity to elevate the individual and society
Guns:
Left: Ideally universally abolished, except for use by police, the armed forces and registered sportsmen
Right: Ideally widely owned by responsible individuals for self-protection and the protection of others
Race:
Left: Intrinsically significant
Right: Intrinsically insignificant
Racial, Ethnic and Gender Diversity at Universities:
Left: Most important
Right: Far less important than ideological diversity
Black America's Primary Problem:
Left: Racism
Right: Lack of fathers
Greatest Playwright:
Left: Entirely subjective; there is no greatest playwright
Right: Shakespeare
War:
Left: Not the answer
Right: Sometimes the only answer
Hate:
Left: Wrong, except when directed at the political
Right: Wrong, except when directed at evil
Cultures:
Left: All equal
Right: Some are better than others
America's Founding Fathers:
Left: Rich white male slave owners
Right: Great men who founded the greatest society
Purpose of Judges:
Left: Pursue social justice
Right: Pursue justice
National Borders:
Left: A relic of the past
Right: Indispensable for national survival
View of Illegal Immigrants:
Left: Welcomed guests
Right: Illegal immigrants
Nature:
Left: Intrinsically valuable
Right: Made for man
God bless,
JohnnyD
by - Dennis Prager - Jan 17, 2017
Source of Human Rights:
Left: Government
Right: The Creator
Human Nature:
Left: Basically good (Therefore, society is primarily responsible for evil.)
Right: Not basically good (Therefore, the individual is primarily responsible for evil.)
Economic Goal:
Left: Equality
Right: Prosperity
Primary Role of the State:
Left: Increase and protect equality
Right: Increase and protect liberty
Government:
Left: As large as possible
Right: As small as possible
Family Ideal:
Left: Any loving unit of people
Right: A married father and mother, and children
Guiding Trinity:
Left: Race, gender and class
Right: Liberty, In God We Trust and e pluribus unum
Good and Evil:
Left: Relative to individual and/or society
Right: Based on universal absolutes
Humanity's Primary Division(s):
Left: Rich and poor; strong and weak
Right: Good and evil
Ideal Primary Identity of an American:
Left: World citizen
Right: American citizen
How to Make a Good Society:
Left: Abolish inequality
Right: Develop each citizen's moral character
View of America:
Right: Greatest force for good among nations in world history
Gender:
Left: A social construct
Right: Male and female
Most Important Trait to Cultivate in a Child:
Left: Self-esteem
Right: Self-control
Worth of the Human Fetus:
Left: Determined by the mother
Right: Determined by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values
Primary Source of Crime:
Left: Poverty, racism and other societal flaws
Right: The criminal's malfunctioning conscience
Place of God and Religion in America:
Left: Secular government and secular society
Right: Secular government and religious society
American Exceptionalism:
Left: Chauvinistic doctrine
Right: Historical reality
Greatest Threat to the World:
Left: Environmental catastrophe (currently global warming)
Right: Evil (currently radical Islamist violence)
International Ideal:
Left: World governed by the United Nations, and no single country is dominant
Primary Reason for Lack of Peace in Middle East:
Left: Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Right: Palestinian, Arab and Muslim denial of Jewish state's right to exist
Purpose of Art:
Left: Challenge status quo and bourgeois sensibilities
Right: Produce works of beauty and profundity to elevate the individual and society
Guns:
Left: Ideally universally abolished, except for use by police, the armed forces and registered sportsmen
Right: Ideally widely owned by responsible individuals for self-protection and the protection of others
Race:
Left: Intrinsically significant
Right: Intrinsically insignificant
Racial, Ethnic and Gender Diversity at Universities:
Left: Most important
Right: Far less important than ideological diversity
Black America's Primary Problem:
Left: Racism
Right: Lack of fathers
Greatest Playwright:
Left: Entirely subjective; there is no greatest playwright
War:
Left: Not the answer
Right: Sometimes the only answer
Hate:
Left: Wrong, except when directed at the political
Right: Wrong, except when directed at evil
Cultures:
Left: All equal
Right: Some are better than others
America's Founding Fathers:
Left: Rich white male slave owners
Right: Great men who founded the greatest society
Purpose of Judges:
Left: Pursue social justice
Right: Pursue justice
National Borders:
Left: A relic of the past
Right: Indispensable for national survival
View of Illegal Immigrants:
Left: Welcomed guests
Right: Illegal immigrants
Nature:
Left: Intrinsically valuable
Right: Made for man
God bless,
JohnnyD
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