Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart

Traditionalist conservatives and classical liberals need Charles Darwin. They need him because a Darwinian science of human nature supports Burkean conservatives and Lockean liberals in their realist view of human imperfectibility, and in their commitment to ordered liberty as rooted in natural desires, cultural traditions, and prudential judgments. Arnhart's email address is larnhart1@niu.edu.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

A Rebuttal of Jonathan Leaf's Rebuttal: Combining Phylogenetic and Convergent Evolution Explains Human Nature

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Jonathan Leaf loves straw man arguments.  In  my review  of his book The Primate Myth  for Law & Liberty , I criticized him for making a...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

James Talarico Revives the Christian Liberalism of Roger Williams

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  James Talarico Questions the Texas Republican Bill Forcing a Display of the Ten Commandments in Public Schools                        Step...
Friday, March 06, 2026

The Evolution of the Natural Desire for Music: Patrick Savage's Comparative Musicology

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             Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Received Over Four Billion Views                                          Snowball th...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Dictator Trump Launches an Unconstitutional War for Regime Change in Iran--A Military Duty to Disobey?

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  Trump Announces His War Against Iran in an 8-minute Video on "Truth Social" At 2:30 am Eastern time, Trump announced his war aga...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Bruce Springsteen's "Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour"

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Protest music is often an important part of  nonviolent resistance .  Notice that in his announcement, Springsteen says that his tour is to ...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

The Supreme Court Rules Against Trump's Administrative State in Overturning His Tariffs: A Victory for Lockean Liberalism

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Beginning on February 1, 2025, Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders that invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Created in the Image of Apes? Or Dolphins? Or God?

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My essay--"Of Apes and Men"--has just been  published by Law & Liberty , an online magazine produced by Liberty Fund.  It...
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