But he or she also has a conservative or communitarian side: most people are suspicious of change, want to live in stable communities, think people should take responsibility for themselves (and think today's welfare system discourages them from doing so), want to live in relatively traditional families and, without being flag-waving nationalists, think that national citizen preference matters.
Much of the accommodation on the island is expensive and all-inclusive, which discourages people from leaving their resort.
The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages any screen time for the first two years of life, but after that recommends no more than one to two hours a day, no screens in children's bedrooms and enforcing meal-time and bedtime media-device curfews.
More broadly, Africa's business climate discourages hiring.
That hurts firms' competitiveness, curbs their growth and thus discourages hiring.
If the fundamental problem here is that giving poor people benefits that phase out as they earn more discourages them from working more, that is a problem shared by every form of means-tested benefit.
Yet illegal immigrants from Mexico are to be rewarded for violating the law merely because America shares a border with Mexico.Such a policy promotes rather than discourages illegal immigration.
It also punishes the shareholders at the time of the settlement and discourages stockmarket listings.Lawyers for the plaintiffs, supported by the Department of Justice, assert that the threat of fraud-on-the-market lawsuits keeps managers honest.
Law-enforcement officials say the duty to retreat saves lives because it discourages people from escalating conflicts.
Deflationary pressure also discourages healthier firms from investing, so few of them wish to borrow even at near-zero interest rates.
This too, is self-defeating, in that it discourages compliance.Politicians from both parties have long talked about simplifying the code by eliminating credits and deductions and using the proceeds to lower rates dramatically.
