Comments on: The Dearth of Conservative Professors Explained http://www.openculture.com/2008/02/the_dearth_of_conservative_professors_explained.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stephen http://www.openculture.com/2008/02/the_dearth_of_conservative_professors_explained.html#comment-2880 Stephen Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:40:40 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2008/02/the_dearth_of_conservative_professors_explained.html#comment-2880 Would you not also say that historically it is true that in general "liberals" believe that science and research will reveal answers to improve the human condition (humanism), whereas conservatives have tended to have viewed creation as a divine order which is inherently, therefore, impossible for man to fully understand and master? If this is the case, then there is obviously more motivation for the liberal thinker than the conservative thinker to pursue higher-level research. (I do not think that there are many who hold fast to either position as outlined above; I am presenting generalities to see whether we can find any answers through these stereotypes.) Would you not also say that historically it is true that in general “liberals” believe that science and research will reveal answers to improve the human condition (humanism), whereas conservatives have tended to have viewed creation as a divine order which is inherently, therefore, impossible for man to fully understand and master?

If this is the case, then there is obviously more motivation for the liberal thinker than the conservative thinker to pursue higher-level research.

(I do not think that there are many who hold fast to either position as outlined above; I am presenting generalities to see whether we can find any answers through these stereotypes.)

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