I read the article but honestly, as I scrolled down these things jumped out at me and straight up (my bad...) caused me to invalidate the guys writing.
"But according to this research, these basic values -- fairness, harm, loyalty, authority and purity -- exist in all of us, at least to some degree, in every non-sociopathic human being."
Fairness. Please. There are two valid uses of the word 'fair'. Describing mild weather and crappy carnivals with cheap ride and bad food. LIFE is not 'fair'. Anyone that lives with that ideal is a 'moran'. (see...I read the article).
People that believe in 'fairness' are typically whiney little bitches that REALLY dont mean fair...they mean utopian ideals where everyone loves everyone, treats everyone well, everyone is committed to the same principles and everyone gets along in a happy little fairy tale fantasy, and when reality fails (as it invariably does) in the name of 'fairness' we strip the fruit of the hard working person and give it to the failures. Its Lennons "Imagine" in some sort of fantasy "real life" that actually works. It ignores the reality of human nature, weakness, etc.
Heres the thing. I desperately want for other people to succeed. I dedicate a fair amount of my life in both paid and pro-bono capacity working toward that. But I believe people accomplish success by following Banduras model of hand-up enhanced self-efficacy...not by some government led handout model that keeps people needy and dependent. And I have seen MANY take advantage of hand-up programs and become extraordinarily successful. Most people take handout programs and stay stuck.
Now who is truly loving...caring...and humane...the conservative individual that offers hope, inspiration and opportunity while expecting others to do for themselves or the liberal individual who believes in fairness and in taking care of everyone.
And as LL and I were I believe agreeing to earlier...we pretty much ALL believe in the same things...just not necessarily how those things are acheived.