Conservatives Liberals Smell Different
Penn State Professor Peter Hatemi talks to McIntyre In The Morning about his study suggesting people are more attracted to others who share their political b...
By: Doug McIntyre
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Science: Conservatives Smell! (...If You #39;re a Liberal)
A recent study has found that liberals find the smell of other liberals attractive, and the smell of conservatives repugnant. They found similar results when testing smells of liberals and...
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Science: Conservatives Smell! (...If You're a Liberal) - Video
By Alison Auld, The Canadian Press
The Liberals in New Brunswick could face a tough internal debate if they win Monday's election and have to grapple with the question of access to abortion, says a political observer who warns the party could have trouble finding a unified voice on the divisive issue.
Geoff Martin, a political science professor at Mount Allison University, said Liberal Leader Brian Gallant has been ambiguous at best on whether he would repeal a regulation that restricts public funding of abortions in New Brunswick.
Martin says the strategy is not surprising for the front-runner, who is trying to appeal to liberal voters by indicating there may be a change in policy following a review, while not frightening off those who do not want to see access to abortion eased.
But Gallant's position risks causing divisions in party ranks, Martin said.
"I think this is going to be one of their significant challenges in the first six months to a year is stickhandling this issue because there's still a significant body of opinion that's not going to be all that happy," Martin, who ran for the provincial NDP in 2003, said from Sackville, N.B.
"It's an issue that's strong enough that you may see some Liberals bolt from caucus over it if there's a whipped vote."
Some Liberals who oppose abortion have insisted their leader won't impose his beliefs on them, but Gallant has said the party will adopt a policy similar to the federal Liberals' and promote a position "that respects a woman's right to choose."
Gallant has made it clear his party members would be expected to support access to abortion.
"We can't let personal beliefs get in the way," Gallant said when asked about abortion during a televised debate. "A Liberal government will act swiftly to find the barriers and eliminate them."
Stefan Molyneux liberals and government VS society
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Stefan Molyneux liberals and government VS society - Video
Teaching moral development is a process, the lessons more complex as the child grows up. "You can teach the little ones right and wrong pretty easily. As they get older, the areas of gray become more complex. We believe that besides being intentional, it needs to be systematic," said Sipos of her organization, a national nonprofit that works primarily with schools on character education.
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While parents take seriously the task of teaching children values, a new Pew Research Center survey released Thursday shows a gulf between how conservatives and liberals, women and men, young and old and different races order the values they believe children should be taught.
The report, "Teaching the Children: Sharp Ideological Differences, Some Common Ground," looked at 12 different qualities parents might try to inculcate in children. It found chasms between liberals and conservatives, but also near universal agreement despite ideological differences.
"We found a remarkable amount of consensus about certain traits responsibility, hard work, helping others," said Jocelyn Kiley, Pew associate director of research and one of the report's authors. "There are also some rather striking differences across ideological groups."
People categorized as "consistent conservatives," for example, tended to place a high premium on teaching children religious faith, while "consistent liberals" did not. The consistent liberals found great value in teaching tolerance, which was much lower on the conservatives' priority list. Curiosity ranks high on liberal rankings, but low for conservatives. Obedience comes in last on the consistent liberal list and was ranked fifth among consistent conservatives.
The report noted that women and men had similar priorities, although women listed helping others and empathy as important more often than men did. Women put a "somewhat higher priority" on teaching religious faith.
Breaking the priorities down by age showed differences in valuing obedience 68 percent of those 65 and older prioritize it, compared to 56 percent for those younger than 30.
World as classroom
Numerous surveys, studies and organizations have looked at how kids learn character and values.
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Liberals teach kids tolerance over faith; conservatives teach faith over tolerance