tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post3148128000044408584..comments2023-07-19T09:35:50.843-05:00Comments on The Morality War: Are conservatives going to save socialism again?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081336591414529365noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post-90417820095472544442009-07-28T17:48:11.215-05:002009-07-28T17:48:11.215-05:00Burgess - this issue of re-defining the Right has ...Burgess - this issue of re-defining the Right has been simmering for some time. I'm inclined to agree with Harry Binswanger on this, who said - in one of his posts to his List some time ago - that the Right should be reserved exclusively for those who uphold individual rights, and the Left should be the place for EVERYONE who espouses any kind of collectivism, be they liberal or conservative.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14081336591414529365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post-24037895484143847922009-07-28T10:34:03.596-05:002009-07-28T10:34:03.596-05:00Your comments confirm my view that the Right inclu...Your comments confirm my view that the Right includes all those individuals who support individual rights, rational egoism, reason, and a lawful natural world; and the Left includes both conservatism (valuing God, Tradition, Nation, and Family) and "progressivism" (valuing Society, Community Participation, and Tribalism). <br /><br />Both Leftist subgroups are statist, altruist, mystical, and ultimately supernaturalist (in one form or another). <br /><br />For a lengthy <a href="http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/2009/04/29/similarity-and-difference" rel="nofollow">discussion</a> of the epistemological issue of defining "right" and "left," some of your readers might like to read:<br />http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/2009/04/29/similarity-and-difference<br /><br />Or they can go directly to the comments section to see Ron Pisaturo's summary.<br /><br />And, for a concise definition, they might read "Rightists vs. Leftists" in <i>The Ayn Rand Lexicon</i> <a href="http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rightists_vs_leftists.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>:<br />http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rightists_vs_leftists.htmlBurgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.com