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November 7, 2017|Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Natural Law, Natural Rights, Second Amendment, Thomas Aquinas

Natural Law Is More Inspiring Than Natural Rights

by Douglas Kries|

Readers of Law and Liberty have heard—and perhaps even used—the famous phrase about free speech that is often misattributed to Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” One wonders, though, whether this formulation actually makes much sense.

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July 28, 2014|Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Higher Education, John Milton, Michael Oakeshott, Thomas Hobbes

The End is Nigh

by Diana Schaub|

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
The students’ very language deficits show us how seldom they are taught any higher conception of man’s purpose in being.

December 21, 2012|Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Auto bailout, Richard Reinsch, Robert Bork, The New Financial Deal, Todd Zywicki

Friday Roundup, December 21st

by Richard M. Reinsch II|

In case you missed it: Todd Zywicki reviews @Law and Liberty David Skeel's The New Financial Deal. David Henderson at Econ Log adds some interesting facts to the mix on the Erik Loomis fracas at University of RI. Feds to taxpayers: About the auto bailout, we  lost your money. Mark Roe at Project Syndicate: Corporate short-term thinking and economic trends: what are the connections? Michael McConnell at Slate: What if Robert Bork Had Joined the Court? Good legal career advice from Ted Frank. Code of the Gentleman (link no longer available): Diana Schaub reviews a new translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.  

Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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