Is conservatism a choice?
Is conservatism a choice?
This controversy has often puzzled me and there does not seem to be enough scientific information to decide one way or the other. If conservatism is genetic then our hopes for a free, generous, well adjusted, fair society are constantly in jeopardy. Characteristics:
* Fear and aggression
* Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity
* Uncertainty avoidance
* Need for cognitive closure
* Terror management
So the question I want to ask here of the conservatives, do you think you chose this way of life or was it inherited and you have always been this way?
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/r...politics.shtml
PS I wasn't sure whether to place this thread in Religion/Ethics as controversial topics such as this have a greater impact on the type of society we have than even homosexuality.
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