The
Rockridge Institute
, according to its website, is "a group of distinguished scholars and researchers working to help achieve a just, democratic, environmentally sustainable, and
humane society."
Its stated goals are to --
-
Reframe the terms of political debate to make a progressive moral vision more persuasive and influential
-
Develop public policies that will bring us closer to a society that embodies this vision
-
Unify progressives around a shared political program and a common moral language
-
Build links with activists, policymakers, the media, academics, and other key groups to influence the public agenda [1]
In this agenda, particularly the language of the first and third items, one can discern the influence of Institute fellow
George Lakoff, a
cognitive science professor at
University of California, Berkeley, whose book Moral
Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think explores these themes extensively.
The
Rockridge Institute
, according to its website, is "a group of distinguished scholars and researchers working to help achieve a just, democratic, environmentally sustainable, and humane society."
Its stated goals are to --
-
Reframe the terms of political debate to make a progressive moral vision more persuasive and influential
-
Develop public policies that will bring us closer to a society that embodies this vision
-
Unify progressives around a shared political program and a common moral language
-
Build links with activists, policymakers, the media, academics, and other key groups to influence the public agenda [1]
In this agenda, particularly the language of the first and third items, one can discern the influence of Institute fellow George Lakoff, a cognitive science professor at University of California, Berkeley, whose book Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think explores these themes extensively.