Conservative vs - Doral Academy Preparatory School
Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs
Copyright 2005 (revised 2010)
|CONSERVATIVES - believe in personal responsibility, limited |LIBERALS - believe in government action to achieve equal |
|government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional |opportunity and equality for all. It is the duty of the |
|American values and a strong national defense. Believe the role|government to alleviate social ills and to protect civil |
|of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary |liberties and individual and human rights. Believe the role of|
|to pursue their own goals. |the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need. |
| | |
|Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the |Liberal policies generally emphasize the need for the |
|individual to solve problems. |government to solve problems. |
THE ISSUES:
|ISSUE |CONSERVATIVE |LIBERAL |
|Abortion |Human life begins at conception. Abortion is the |A woman has the right to decide what happens with |
| |murder of a human being. An unborn baby, as a |her body. A fetus is not a human life, so it does |
| |living human being, has separate rights from those |not have separate individual rights. |
| |of the mother. |The government should provide taxpayer funded |
| |Oppose taxpayer-funded abortion. Taxpayer dollars |abortions for women who cannot afford them. |
| |should not be used for the government to provide |The decision to have an abortion is a personal |
| |abortions. |choice of a woman regarding her own body and the |
| |Support legislation to prohibit partial birth |government must protect this right. Women have the |
| |abortions, called the "Partial Birth Abortion* Ban"|right to affordable, safe and legal abortions, |
| |(*Partial Birth Abortion: the killing of an unborn|including partial birth abortion. |
| |baby of at least 20 weeks by pulling it out of the | |
| |birth canal with forceps, but leaving the head | |
| |inside. An incision is made in the back of the | |
| |baby's neck and the brain tissue is suctioned out. | |
| |The head is then removed from the uterus.) | |
|Affirmative Action |Individuals should be admitted to schools and hired|Due to prevalent racism in the past, minorities were|
| |for jobs based on their ability. It is unfair to |deprived of the same education and employment |
| |use race as a factor in the selection process. |opportunities as whites. The government must work |
| |Reverse-discrimination is not a solution for |to make up for that. |
| |racism. | |
| |Some individuals in society are racist, but |America is still a racist society, therefore a |
| |American society as a whole is not. Preferential |federal affirmative action law is necessary. Due to|
| |treatment of certain races through affirmative |unequal opportunity, minorities still lag behind |
| |action is wrong. |whites in all statistical measurements of success. |
|Death Penalty |The death penalty is a punishment that fits the |The death penalty should be abolished. It is |
| |crime of murder; it is neither ‘cruel' nor |inhumane and is ‘cruel and unusual' punishment. |
| |‘unusual'. Executing a murderer is the appropriate|Imprisonment is the appropriate punishment for |
| |punishment for taking an innocent life. |murder. Every execution risks killing an innocent |
| | |person. |
|Economy |The free market system, competitive capitalism, and|A market system in which government regulates the |
| |private enterprise create the greatest opportunity |economy is best. Government must protect citizens |
| |and the highest standard of living for all. Free |from the greed of big business. Unlike the private |
| |markets produce more economic growth, more jobs and|sector, the government is motivated by public |
| |higher standards of living than those systems |interest. Government regulation in all areas of the|
| |burdened by excessive government regulation. |economy is needed to level the playing field. |
|Education - |School vouchers create competition and therefore |Public schools are the best way to educate |
| school vouchers |encourage schools to improve performance. |students. Vouchers take money away from public |
| & charter schools |Vouchers will give all parents the right to choose |schools. Government should focus additional funds |
| |good schools for their children, not just those who|on existing public schools, raising teacher salaries|
| |can afford private schools. |and reducing class size. |
|Embryonic Stem Cell |Support the use of adult and umbilical cord stem |Support the use of embryonic stem cells for |
|Research |cells only for research. |research. |
| |It is morally and ethically wrong for the |It is necessary (and ethical) for the government to |
| |government to fund embryonic stem cell research. |fund embryonic stem cell research, which will assist|
| |Human life begins at conception. The extraction of |scientists in finding treatments and cures for |
| |stem cells from an embryo requires its destruction.|diseases. |
| |In other words, it requires that a human life be |An embryo is not a human. The tiny blastocyst |
| |killed. |(embryos used in embryonic stem cell research) has |
| |Adult stem cells have already been used to treat |no human features. Experimenting on |
| |spinal cord injuries, Leukemia, and even |embryos/embryonic stem cells is not murder. |
| |Parkinson's disease. Adult stem cells are derived |Embryonic stem cells have the potential to cure |
| |from umbilical cords, placentas, amniotic fluid, |chronic and degenerative diseases which current |
| |various tissues and organ systems like skin and the|medicine has been unable to effectively treat. |
| |liver, and even fat obtained from liposuction. |Embryonic stem cells have been shown to be effective|
| |Embryonic stem cells have not been successfully |in treating heart damage in mice. |
| |used to help cure disease. | |
|Energy |Oil, gas and coal are all good sources of energy |Oil is a depleting resource. Other sources of |
| |and are abundant in the U.S. Oil drilling should |energy must be explored. The government must |
| |be increased both on land and at sea. Increased |produce a national plan for all energy resources and|
| |domestic production creates lower prices and less |subsidize (partially pay for) alternative energy |
| |dependence on other countries for oil. |research and production. |
| |Support increased production of nuclear energy. |Support increased exploration of alternative energy |
| |Wind and solar sources will not provide plentiful, |sources such as wind and solar power. |
| |affordable source of power. |Support government control of gas and electric |
| |Support private operation of gas and electric |industries. |
| |industries. | |
|Euthanasia |Neither euthanasia nor physician-assisted suicide |Euthanasia should be legalized. A person has a right|
|& Physician-assisted |should be legalized. It is immoral and unethical to|to die with dignity, by his own choice. A terminally|
|suicide |deliberately end the life of a terminally ill |ill person should have the right to choose to end |
| |person (euthanasia), or enable another person to |pain and suffering. It is wrong for the government |
| |end their own life (assisted suicide). The goal |to take away the means for a terminally ill person |
| |should be compassionate care and easing the |to hasten his death. It is wrong to force a person |
| |suffering of terminally ill people. |to go through so much pain and suffering. |
| |Legalizing euthanasia could lead to doctor-assisted|Legalizing euthanasia would not lead to |
| |suicides of non-critical patients. |doctor-assisted suicides of non-critical patients. |
| |If euthanasia were legalized, insurance companies |Permitting euthanasia would reduce health care |
| |could pressure doctors to withhold life-saving |costs, which would then make funds available for |
| |treatment for dying patients. |those who could truly benefit from medical care. |
| |Many religions prohibit suicide and euthanasia. | |
| |These practices devalue human life. | |
|Global Warming/ |Change in global temperature is natural over long |Global warming is caused by an increased production |
| Climate Change |periods of time. Science has not shown that humans|of carbon dioxide through the burning of fossil |
| |can affect permanent change to the earth's |fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). The U.S. is a |
| |temperature. |major contributor to global warming because it |
| |Proposed laws to reduce carbon emissions will do |produces 25% of the world's carbon dioxide. |
| |nothing to help the environment and will cause | |
| |significant price increases for all. |Proposed laws to reduce carbon emissions in the U.S.|
| |Many reputable scientists support this theory. |are urgently needed and should be enacted |
| | |immediately to save the planet. |
| | |Many reputable scientists support this theory. |
|Gun Control |The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to |The Second Amendment does not give citizens the |
| |keep and bear arms. Individuals have the right to |right to keep and bear arms, but only allows for the|
| |defend themselves. |state to keep a militia (National Guard). |
| |There are too many gun control laws--additional |Individuals do not need guns for protection; it is |
| |laws will not lower gun crime rates. What is |the role of local and federal government to protect |
| |needed is enforcement of current laws. |the people. |
| |Gun control laws do not prevent criminals from |Additional gun control laws are necessary to stop |
| |obtaining guns. |gun violence and limit the ability of criminals to |
| |More guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens mean|obtain guns. |
| |less crime. |More guns mean more violence. |
|Health Care |Support competitive, free market health care |Support free or low-cost government controlled |
| |system. |health care. |
| |All Americans have access to health care. The |There are millions of Americans who can't afford |
| |debate is about who should pay for it. Free and |health care and are deprived of this basic right. |
| |low-cost government-run programs (socialized |Every American has a right to affordable health |
| |medicine) result in higher costs and everyone |care. The government should provide equal health |
| |receiving the same poor-quality health care. |care benefits for all, regardless of their ability |
| |Health care should remain privatized. |to pay. |
| |The problem of uninsured individuals should be | |
| |addressed and solved within the free market | |
| |healthcare system--the government should not | |
| |control healthcare. | |
| | | |
|Homeland Security |Airport security - Choosing passengers randomly for|Airport security - Passenger profiling is wrong, |
| |extra security searches is not effective. Rather, |period. Selection of passengers for extra security |
|NOTE - there are many |profiling and intelligence data should be used to |screening should be random. Using other criteria |
|facets to Homeland |single out passengers for extra screening. Those |(such as ethnicity) is discriminatory and offensive |
|Security. This entry |who do not meet the criteria for suspicion should |to Arabs and Muslims, who are generally innocent and|
|focuses on airport |not be subjected to intense screening. |law-abiding. |
|security. |The terrorists currently posing a threat to the |Terrorists don't fit a profile. |
| |U.S. are primarily Islamic/Muslim men between the |"...Arabs, Muslims and South Asians are no more |
| |ages of 18 and 38. Our resources should be focused|likely than whites to be terrorists." (American |
| |on this group. Profiling is good logical police |Civil Liberties Union ACLU) |
| |work. |Asked on 60 Minutes if a 70-year-old white woman |
| |"If people are offended (by profiling), that's |from Vero Beach should receive the same level of |
| |unfortunate, but I don't think we can afford to |scrutiny as a Muslim from Jersey City, President |
| |take the risk that terrorism brings to us. They've |Obama's Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said,|
| |wasted masses of resources on far too many people |"Basically, I would hope so." |
| |doing things that really don't have a big payoff in| |
| |terms of security." - Northwestern University | |
| |Aviation Expert A. Gellman. | |
| | | |
|Immigration |Support legal immigration only. Oppose amnesty for|Support legal immigration. Support blanket amnesty |
| |those who enter the U.S. illegally ("illegal |for illegal immigrants. Also believe that illegal |
| |aliens"). Those who break the law by entering the |immigrants have a right to: |
| |U.S. illegally do not have the same rights as those|-- all educational and health benefits that citizens|
| |who obey the law and enter legally. |receive (financial aid, welfare, social security and|
| |The borders should be secured before addressing the|Medicaid), regardless of legal status. |
| |problem of the illegal immigrants currently in the |-- the same rights as American citizens |
| |country. The Federal Government should secure the |It is unfair to arrest millions of illegal |
| |borders and enforce current immigration law. |immigrants. |
|Private Property |Respect ownership and private property rights. |Government has the right to use eminent domain |
| |Eminent domain (seizure of private property by the |(seizure of private property by the government--with|
| |government--with compensation to the owner) in most|compensation to the owner) to accomplish a public |
| |cases is wrong. Eminent domain should not be used |end. |
| |for private development. | |
|Religion and Government |The phrase "separation of church and state" is not |Support the separation of church and state. The |
| |in the Constitution. The First Amendment to the |Bill of Rights implies a separation of church and |
| |Constitution states "Congress shall make no law |state. Religious expression has no place in |
| |respecting an establishment of religion, or |government. The two should be completely separate. |
| |prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." This |Government should not support religious expression |
| |prevents the government from establishing a |in any way. |
| |national church. However, it does not prohibit God| |
| |from being acknowledged in schools and government | |
| |buildings. | |
| | |All reference to God in public and government spaces|
| |Symbols of Christian heritage should not be removed|should be removed (eg., the Ten Commandments should |
| |from public and government spaces (eg., the Ten |not be displayed in Federal buildings). |
| |Commandments should continue to be displayed in | |
| |Federal buildings). |Religious expression has no place in government. |
| | | |
| |Government should not interfere with religion and | |
| |religious freedom. | |
|Same-sex Marriage |Marriage is the union of one man and one woman. |Marriage is the union of people who love each |
| |Oppose same-sex marriage. |other. It should be legal for gay, lesbian, |
| | |bisexual and transgender individuals, to ensure |
| |Support Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), passed in |equal rights for all. Support same-sex marriage. |
| |1996, which affirms the right of states not to | |
| |recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other |Opposed to the creation of a constitutional |
| |states. [Opinions vary on the creation of a |amendment establishing marriage as the union of one |
| |constitutional amendment establishing marriage as |man and one woman. All individuals, regardless of |
| |the union of one man and one woman.] |their sexual orientation, have the right to marry. |
| |Requiring citizens to sanction same-sex | |
| |relationships violates moral and religious beliefs |Prohibiting same-sex citizens from marrying denies |
| |of millions of Christians, Jews, Muslims and |them their civil rights. [Opinions vary on whether |
| |others, who believe marriage is the union of one |this issue is equal to civil rights for African |
| |man and one woman. |Americans.] |
| | | |
|Social Security |The Social Security system is in serious financial |The Social Security system should be protected at |
| |trouble. Major changes to the current system are |all costs. Reduction in future benefits is not a |
| |urgently needed. In its current state, the Social |reasonable option. [Opinions vary on the extent of |
| |Security system is not financially sustainable. It|the current system's financial stability.] |
| |will collapse if nothing is done to address the | |
| |problems. Many will suffer as a result. |Social Security provides a safety net for the |
| |Social Security must be made more efficient through|nation's poor and needy. Changing the system would |
| |privitization and/or allowing individuals to manage|cause a reduction in benefits and many people would |
| |their own savings. |suffer as a result. |
|Taxes |Lower taxes and a smaller government with limited |Higher taxes (primarily for the wealthy) and a |
| |power will improve the standard of living for all. |larger government are necessary to address |
| | |inequity/injustice in society (i.e. government will |
| |Support lower taxes and a smaller government. |help the poor and needy using tax dollars from the |
| |Lower taxes create more incentive for people to |rich). |
| |work, save, invest, and engage in entrepreneurial |Support a large government to provide for the needs |
| |endeavors. Money is best spent by those who earn |of the people and create equality. Taxes enable the|
| |it, not the government. |government to create jobs and provide welfare |
| |Government programs encourage people to become |programs for those in need. |
| |dependent and lazy, rather than encouraging work |Government programs are a caring way to provide for |
| |and independence. |the poor and needy in society. |
|United Nations (UN) |The UN has repeatedly failed in its essential |The UN promotes peace and human rights. The United |
| |mission to promote world peace and human rights. |States has a moral and a legal obligation to support|
| |The wars, genocide and human rights abuses taking |the United Nations (UN). The U.S. should not act as|
| |place in many Human Rights Council member states |a sovereign nation, but as one member of a world |
| |(and the UN's failure to stop them) prove this |community. The U.S. should submit its national |
| |point. |interests to the greater good of the global |
| |History shows that the United States, not the UN, |community (as defined by the UN). |
| |is the global force for spreading freedom, | |
| |prosperity, tolerance and peace. The U.S. should |The U.S. should defer to the UN in |
| |never subvert its national interests to those of |military/peacekeeping matters. |
| |the UN. |The United Nations Charter gives the United Nations |
| |The U.S. should never place troops under UN |Security Council the power and responsibility to |
| |control. U.S. military should always wear the U.S.|take collective action to maintain international |
| |military uniform, not that of UN peacekeepers. |peace and security. U.S. troops should submit to UN|
| |[Opinions vary on whether the U.S. should withdraw |command. |
| |from the UN.] | |
|War on Terror/Terrorism |Terrorism poses one of the greatest threats to the |Global warming, not terrorism, poses the greatest |
| |U.S. |threat to the U.S., according to Democrats in |
| |The world toward which the militant Islamists |Congress. |
| |strive cannot peacefully co-exist with the Western |Terrorism is a result of arrogant U.S. foreign |
| |world. In the last decade, militant Islamists have|policy. |
| |repeatedly attacked Americans and American |Good diplomacy is the best way to deal with |
| |interests here and abroad. Terrorists must be |terrorism. Relying on military force to defeat |
| |stopped and destroyed. |terrorism creates hatred that leads to more |
| |The use of intelligence-gathering and military |terrorism. |
| |force is the best ways to defeat terrorism around |Captured terrorists should be handled by law |
| |the world. |enforcement and tried in civilian courts. |
| |Captured terrorists should be treated as enemy | |
| |combatants and tried in military courts. | |
|Welfare |Oppose long-term welfare. |Support welfare, including long-term welfare. |
| |Opportunities should be provided to make it |Welfare is a safety net which provides for the needs|
| |possible for those in need to become self-reliant. |of the poor. Welfare is necessary to bring fairness|
| |It is far more compassionate and effective to |to American economic life. It is a device for |
| |encourage people to become self-reliant, rather |protecting the poor. |
| |than allowing them to remain dependent on the | |
| |government for provisions. | |
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