Radical centrism
Radical centrism can be defined as the ideology behind
Radical centrist politics, as compared to the political philosophies of
Conservatism and
Liberalism. As a new movement, the radical center doesn't yet have a coherent sense of community, so it is difficult to provide a formal statement of radical centrism. A few of the early contenders are:
- The New America Foundation, the largest radical centrist think tank in the U.S., has proposed maximizing citizen choice as the foundational principle.
- Mark Satin, editor of the Radical Middle Newsletter, proposes:
- maximize choices for every American (and for the U.S. as a whole) as much as possible;
- gaurantee a fair start in life to every American;
- maximize every American's human potential as much as possible
- be of genuine help to everyone in the developing world
- of RadicalCentrism.org, takes a more philisophical and less U.S.-centric view, by calling for a commitment to the ideals of:
- Reality, in terms of absolute truth, relative knowledge, and complex value
- Character, in the importance of conscious moral choices
- Community, as people who create and exchange of value for and with each other
- Humility, in recognizing we all want to think we are good, even when we're not
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