Left Right 1200 word project The terms Left and Right take on particular connotations when they

appear The public sphere where individuals come together to discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action. The terms originated when radical (small d) democrats (liberals) sat to the left of the chairman and Royalist (conservatives) sat to the right of the chairman in the various national assemblies during and after the French Revolution. Therefore, liberals have come to be known as the left and conservatives known as the right. These are treacherous waters, because real political junkies insist on identifying subcategories such as moderate Democrats and socialist on the left and moderate Republicans and Libertarians on the right. Rough and ready categories liberal left and conservative right will suffice for this discussion and the statements made about these categories probably reflect my liberal bias. We have not achieved the greatest degree of justice We have the greatest degree of justice possible, not even in this imperfect world. Citizens are possible in our imperfect world. It is not able to fully exercise the civil and political rights based on universal civil and political they are entitled to by law until they secure social rights rights, a democratic form of (livable wages, job security, health care, and decent government, and a free-market education, for example). The social class structure and economy. the free-market economy must give ground if citizens are to secure these rights. Fairness cannot be achieved when groups start Fairness is best achieved and maintained by a out with unequal resources and advantages. free-for-all struggle for power, status, and The under-resourced must be given a boost resources. By and large, winners deserve to and/or the abundantly-resourced need to be win and losers deserve to lose. constrained if the struggle in the civil, political, and social arenas is to be fair. When one persons right to freedom comes into conflict with anothers right to equality or viceversa, equality is the preferred choice. A good society is a just society. It is easier for individuals to be good in a just society. Societal problems are usually blamed on the way society works rather than troublesome individuals. When one persons right to freedom comes into conflict with anothers right to equality or viceversa, freedom is the preferred choice. In general, a good society is one where individuals are good; a bad society is the result of bad individuals. Societal problems are usually blamed on troublesome individuals, not on society itself.

A good society is created and maintained by establishing social justice. Societal norms are contingent, historically evolved, invented, susceptible to change, and always in need of improvement Opposition and resistance to societal norms are justifiable, and superior.

A good society is created and maintained by weeding out bad individuals. Dominant well-established societal norms are absolute, given, natural, unchanging, and all that's possible. Opposition and resistance to societal norms are disruptive, deviant, and inferior.

left right 4 POLITICAL, WORLD VIEW LEFT RIGHT

IF THEY SEE CONFLICT BETWEEN IF THEY SEE CONFLICT BETWEEN FREEDOM AND EQUALITY, THEY FREEDOM AND EQUALITY, THEY CHOOSE EQUALITY CHOOSE FREEDOM VIEWS LIBERTY OF AN INDIVIDUAL ALWAYS IN VIEWS LIBERTY AS AN RELATION TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS LIBERTY. ABSOLUTE UNCOMPLICATED VIEWS LIBERTY OF GROUPS ALWAYS IN VALUE RELATION TO OTHER GROUPS LIBERTY VIEWS FAIRNESS AS LIMITING THE VIEWS FAIRNESS AS NO RESTRAINT ON POWER OF THE ADVANTAGED OR ANYONE GIVING A BOOST TO THE DISADVANTAGED SEES THE GOOD SOCIETY AS ONE SEES THE GOOD SOCIETY AS ONE WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOOD AS A WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOOD AS A RESULT OF ENLIGHTENED SELF RESULT OF MORALITY INTEREST BLAMES SOCIETY FOR FAILURES OF BLAMES INDIVIDUALS FOR FAILURES INDIVIDUALS OF SOCIETY SEES DOMINANT SOCIETY, CULTURE, SEES DOMINANT SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND DISCOURSE AS CONTINGENT, AND DISCOURSE AS GIVEN, NATURAL, HISTORICAL, INVENTED, SUSCEPTIBLE CORRECT, AND ALL THAT'S POSSIBLE CHANGE, AND WITH CONSTANT ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT SEES OPPOSITION AND RESISTANCE TO SEES OPPOSITION AND RESISTANCE TO SOCIETAL NORMS AS JUSTIFIABLE AND SOCIETAL NORMS AS DISRUPTIVE, SUPERIOR DEVIANT, AND INFERIOR FOCUSES ON SOCIETY FOCUSES ON THE INDIVIDUAL SOCIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE MESSY, AMORPHOUS RIGID VIEWS TOWARD EDUCATION BELIEVES LEARNING IS ESSENTIALLY A SOCIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON FAVORS COOPERATIVE LEARNING SEES CONFERENCING AS MUTUAL HELP, AND A PREFERRED METHOD OF LEARNING COGNITIVIST FAVORS A HOLISTIC, "NEW LITERACY"APPROACH BELIEVES IN EMERGENT LITERACY VYGOTSKIIAN PROGRESSIVE MESSY, AMORPHOUS BELIEVES LEARNING IS ESSENTIALLY A PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON. FAVORS INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION SEES "CONFERENCING" AS CHEATING

BEHAVIORIST FAVORS AN ATOMISTIC, SKILL/ PHONICS EMPHASIS APPROACH BELIEVES IN READING READINESS PIAGETIAN TRADITIONAL RIGID