The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree

The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never Ever Agree William D. Gairdner Wymiary : 23,11 x 15,49 Oprawa : Twarda Liczba stron : 280 Data wydania : 2015.02.17 Wydawnictwo : Encounter Books ISBN : 9781594037641 The theme of The Great Divide is that the populations of the democratic world from Boston to Berlin Vancouver to Venice are becoming increasingly divided from within due to a growing ideological incompatibility between modern liberalism and conservatism. This is partly due to a complex mutation in the concept of liberal democracy itself and the resulting divide is now so wide that those holding to either philosophy on a whole range of topics: on democracy on reason on abortion on human nature on homosexuality and gay marriage on freedom on the role of courts ... and much more can barely speak with each other without outrage (the favorite emotional response from all sides). Clearly civil conversation at the surface has been failing -- and that could mean democracy is failing. This book is an effort to deepen the conversation. As an aid to understanding the book contains a handful of Tables directly comparing modern liberal and conservative views across a range of fundamental moral and political issues so that curious readers can answer the book's main question: Where Do You Stand? An interesting result in testing this exercise has been the number of people who find they think one way but live another.