Putting social
liberal values into action will not be easy, but we have to rise to the challenge — nothing less than the future of British liberalism is at stake.
Not exact matches
And lest the
liberal - minded fall
into despair, Zakaria noted that the under - 30's voted for Hillary Clinton — that is, for multilateralism, multiculturalism, and associated
values.
In this context, it may not be the case that support for the Democrats would translate
into support for the
Liberals or the New Democrats, parties that share similar
values and approaches.
Lastly, I can't wait till the «nation of Islam» penetrates
into our government and social life, then all of you so called «
liberals» will wish the good old christian
values come back!!
So far this caveman is flying his airliner quite well, outing himself as a «Godder» («a theologically very
liberal Lutheran») and parachuting
into topics as various as Pentecostalism in Brazil, secularity and ultra-orthodoxy in Israel, homosexuality in the Anglican communion, the sex abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium, Max - Weber - style «
value free» sociology, and (a special interest of his) religious humor.
And he repeatedly calls
into question the «family
values» hype that seems to sustain the GOP: «Conservatives are divorcing at the same rate as
liberals.»
That said, she will likely spin this as «standing up for Christian / Republican / Conservative
values, which are under attack by the
liberal elite» and turn it
into some form of media and / or political gig, a la Sarah Palin.
The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian
values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of
values discourse in the East Asian region - local
values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for
value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas
into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate
liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for
values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the
value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.
they had to do this because they couldnt have 2
liberal elite fanbases from the coasts going
into the super bowl thinking there better than the hole some midwestern
values in indy and green bay.
A crisis that is bringing
into question not only the principles of asylum and of free movement within the European Union but Europe's very idea of itself as a space of
liberal values, freedom, moral equality and human rights.
Following the wider critique of the
liberal peace, interveners from UN peacekeepers to human rights NGOs are interpreted as enacting a «
liberal imperialism» that reinforces «western» interests in the region, whilst promoting the superiority of «
liberal»
values and conditioning new subjects
into following them.
Lord Oakeshott has resigned from the
Liberal Democrats because he believes Nick Clegg has turned the party he loves
into a party with «no roots, no principles and no
values».
If we do go
into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our
values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the
Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither caused nor could do very much about.
What is key is that we understand that in a highly mobile and autonomous post-industrial society, we need to find easy ways for people to find connection and relationship with other people whom they may never have met, the literal equivalent of the evangelical service that is conducted several times every day, where people can come and go as they want, with child care and dry cleaning and whatever else
liberals need to integrate that kind of regular activity
into their everyday lives, and then we need to find ways to deepen those ties and connections, in ways that support and affirm secular
values and personal autonomy.