the identity politics---the worldviews, the material interests---that have ALWAYS been at the root of policy, become more and more visible.
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Politics have always been about identity, about "what does this policy say about/for/to me in my social position?" But bc we all agreed...
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on Jefferson/Locke/Rousseau/Hobbes and their descendants as a common ethical base, identity tensions have been less obvious/central...
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but both liberty-contracting conservatives and contextualized ethics liberals are fraying the classically liberal center at either edge...
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until and unless we collectively agree on/develop a new framework that accounts for a few crucial things, we probably won't have peace...
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as a nation. Now! What are these things our new framework needs to account for? Well, I'm glad that you asked! I have thoughts, lol.
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1) Tension between individual and collective morality. We need to acknowledge that for many, morality is not individualistic, but collective
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if morality is individual, no, it DOESN'T matter to you if your neighbor is openly gay, or if your neighbor is openly a white supremacist...
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but if your morality is collective, it matters because this person's individual ethics will affect the ethics of the entire community...
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I say this not to equate being queer with being a white supremacist but simply to illustrate that both left and right have some feeling for
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the idea that the actions of individuals DO have an important impact on the morality of the collective. (obviously my morals are pro-queer
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anti-white supremacy, lol). So we need an ethical-political framework that recognizes community-level ethics and holds them in tension...
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with individual ethics. That balance is precarious of late and needs to be consciously and intentionally addressed so it doesn't topple.
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