When Exactly Did the Idea of Rights Go Off the Rails?
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the opening of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sep 20, 2016 (Drop of Light/Shutterstock.com).Natural Law and Democracy: The Philosophy of James Wilson
Thoroughgoing philosophical skepticism undermines liberty by denying that law can be reasonable, and that justice can be known.
Engraving by J.B. Longacre after "miniature in possession of Mrs. Hollingsworth." Published in John Sanderson, Biog. of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, 1823. (Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com)“All Must Be Tolerated”: Teresa Bejan’s Mere Civility, Part II
Statue of Roger Williams in Prospect Terrace Park, Providence, Rhode Island (Richard Cavallieri/Shutterstock.com).“All Must Be Tolerated”: Teresa Bejan’s Mere Civility, Part I
Minogue on States, Institutions, and the Enemies of Liberty
The Solid Ground of Mere Civility: A Conversation with Teresa Bejan
Teresa Bejan discusses with us how early modern debates over religious toleration are an example of how we can disagree well.
A painting by Alonzo Chappel, shows a group of Native Americans (possibly the Narragansett) as they offer the pipe of peace to Roger Williams, the future founder of Rhode Island.No, But Classical Liberalism Can
In response to: Can Libertarianism Be a Governing Philosophy?
Mock-up of a new, libertarian frontier: "sea-steading"More Responses
Munger’s framework leaves us with hope grounded in realism.
Communities may restrain liberty. These social features of human nature are as much a part of our mental furniture as the love of liberty—perhaps more so.
My suggestion was that “directional” libertarians and classical liberals ally rather than question one another’s authenticity.
The Rich You Will Always Have With You
This Is Your Brain on Scientism
March for Science protesters march to demonstrate on April 22, 2017 in Paris. (Photo by John van Hasselt/Corbis via Getty Images)The problem with convening a March for Prudence is that the prudent—being otherwise occupied and believing public views should be mediated through representation—would never attend. But after the unbounded rhetoric of the March for Science, one wonders if prudence dictates, on this one occasion, marching after all.
