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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
George Orwell

THE POLITICAL DIVIDE

The Abuse of Language
Ethics and Social Psychology
- What is groupthink?
- What is alarmism?
  - Case Study 1: Climate Change
  - Case Study 2: The Y2K Bug
  - Case Study 3: Magma Plumes
  - Case Study 4: Killer Bees
  - Case Study 5: The Mayan Calendar
- Cognitive Biases and Fallacies
- Morality and Ethics
  - Relativism (Context Ethics)
    - Subject Relativism
    - Cultural Relativism
  - Divine Command Theory (Religious Ethics)
  - Ethical Egotism (Self / Evolutionary)
  - Kantianism (Actions)
  - Utilitarianism (Outcomes)
    - Rule Utilitarianism
    - Act Utilitarianism
  - Social Contract Theory (Obligations)
    - Social Justice (Regulated Equity)
  - Virtue Ethics (Traits)
Types of Government
- Anarchy
- Democracy
- Republic
- Federation
- Confederation
- Monarchy
Left vs Right Wing Politics
- Origination
- What is a Conservative?
- What is a Progressive?
- What is a Liberal?
- What is an Authoritarian?
- What is a Nationalist?
- What is a Populist?
- Modeling it all together
History of the U.S. Political Parties
- George Washington
- The Democratic Republicans (Jefferson)
- The Democrats (Jackson)
- The Whigs (Clay)
- The Republicans (Lincoln)
- Evolution of a Political Duopoly

MY POLITICAL GLOSSARY