A Note About This Book 1
Introduction: The Importance of Moral Frames 3
I The Basics 11
1. Politics and Morals 13
2. What Are Moral Values? 16
3. Is Unity Possible? 25
4. The Political Brain: Cascades 29
5. Your Language 37
II The Epidemic of Extreme Conservatism 45
6. What Is Extreme Conservatism? 47
7. Consequences of the Extreme Strict Father Model 50
8. The Four Effects of Extreme Conservatism 53
III Ideas We Need 59
9. Maintaining Democracy 61
10. The Public 64
11. The Shift from Public to Corporate Government 67
12. Corporations Govern Your Life 71
13. Predatory Privatization 76
14. Workers Are Profit Creators 83
15. Public Education Benefits All and Protects Freedom 86
16. Rethinking Food 90
17. Systemic Effects in Nature and Economics 96
18. An Infrastructure for Eternal Energy 103
IV A Phrasebook for Democrats 109
19. The Economy and the Public 111
20. Family Freedom 123
21. Social Darwinism 127
Afterword 133
Notes 135
Acknowledgments 141