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Excerpt from The Hill -- "The project was first conceived by Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist interested in the moral basis of agreement and disagreement. At his suggestion, the working group began its deliberations with values, which generally get little attention in policy debates. We agreed that social policy serves three main goals: opportunity, the idea that society must ensure the less privileged have a fair chance to “make it;” responsibility, that is, the principle that people must do the best they can to get ahead without government aid; and security, meaning the idea that those who cannot cope on their own deserve support. We agreed that our proposals must serve all these values or at least not violate them."

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