The progressive, conservative, and libertarian tendencies within contemporary politics are best understood as the product not only of different political values, but of different conceptual frameworks for thinking about politics. Mastering each of these “languages” is essential if we are to understand the sources of our political disagreements.

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Arnold Kling is Senior Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University.