Liberality, liberalism?
Freedom?
Creativity...
2007-12-10 22:49:29 · 15 answers · asked by goodfella 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Left is called left because it is right, right is not right as practiced by most people, so left is right. : )
2007-12-11 07:44:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
depends on how you view the world. is the single individual more important than the group? i'd say left IS right, as it were, but things can be taken too far.
i agree with the principal that everyone should have the freedom to do what they want (within reason - not murder, robbery, cruelty etc), but the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. note i said NEEDS, not WANTS!!!
i suppose you could ask yourself who is more important?
a million working class taxpayers or a single millionaire individual? it seems that governments only listen to big business and the needs of their 'benefactors'.
maybe all political parties should be centrally funded. any outside income constituting an act of corruption, and a nasty jail cell for the politician (and donor) in question. then we'd see who is really important. the people or rich individuals nad businesses.
i went off stream a little there, but at the minute the uk news is full of dodgy donations to politicains, and cash for honours. tut tut.
2007-12-11 00:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by Marky_Lemonade 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Creativity
2007-12-10 23:37:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
As this is in religion and Spirituality we perhaps should define what we mean by these terms.
If by liberality/libralism we mean love and kindness to all that is great but it could also include permissiveness to do things not acceptable to God.
Freedom to serve God is good, to be selfish ultimately makes you a sad person.
Creativity can be constructive it just depends how you use it.
2007-12-11 00:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a social animal, our fundamental priority is the Group - the Society. Inasmuch as this is the basis of the Left, yes.
A social animal must balance its own desire against the needs of the many - not to exclusion, but within limits. At their extremes:
A 'totally social' individual would effectively sacrifice all enjoyment and privilege to society. This is a pretty lousy kind of life, but we do hold such people - and there are a few - as heroes.
A 'non-social' individual would ignore all social drives, and concentrate entirely on his own benefit, even if this is to the detriment of his fellows. His life may be blissful, but society frowns on such people, and they are considered greedy wretches.
In reality, most people are satisfied with a mid-point that balances 'every man for himself' self-interest with generosity, fairness and occasional altruism. This puts people slightly left-of-centre on the simple model.
'Freedom' is an odd factor in all of this: it's seldom real. And is personal freedom social or anti-social? Is self-imprisonment for the benefit of others - especially to increase the freedom of others - pro-society? I'd argue that it is.
Either extreme is probably pathological. The median, which is considered sane, is probably as left as practical, with a desire to be more generous battling with one's own selfishness.
CD
2007-12-10 23:20:08 · answer #5 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politics is relative. We have a Labour party far to the right of the 1960's Conservative party (with or without Enoch Powell). And the extremists meet up around the back.
We currently have an American government that claims to be promoting freedom and democracy - by means of war, kidnap, torture and concentration camps. The government of the old Soviet Union claimed to be promoting justice and freedom - by means of war, kidnap, torture and concentration camps.
2007-12-10 22:57:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The left versus right dichotomy doesn't work any more.
Liberalism, libertarianism and freedom don't neatly align with "left" and "right" categories, which have their traditional roots in the political divisions of late 18th century France. Important political issues such as conservation, social justice, and personal liberty from excessive state control have their proponents and critics from both sides of politics.
2007-12-10 22:53:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Liberalism is obviously the best system for a social contract model.
2007-12-10 22:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by The Bassline Libertine 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
left and right is neither right or wrong just different views , we know 2 wrongs don't make a right and that 3 rights make a left and 3 lefts make a right,and if you run a stop sign your going to get hit, so right or left makes no difference while running stop signs,unless your making a right on a red then its ok to be right just cant be left on a red. i hope this is confusing as your question,lol
2007-12-10 22:59:50 · answer #9 · answered by acejester1818 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Left cannot exist without right and vice-versa...
2007-12-10 22:56:32 · answer #10 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋