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.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

A Chimpanzee Civil War: The Inner Demons and Better Angels of Primate Nature

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               Ngogo Chimpanzees from the Western Group Attacking the Central Group As I have indicated in  previous posts , e volutionary a...
Monday, April 13, 2026

The Defeat of Orban's "Illiberal Democracy"? The Dilemma for Magyar's "Liberal Democracy"?

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Peter Magyar, Leader of the Tisza Party, on the Danube River, with the Hungarian Parliament Building Behind Him Two weeks ago, I wrote a  po...
Saturday, April 11, 2026

Love, Death, and Redemption: The Atheistic Religiosity of Roger Scruton and Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde"

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  On December 3, 2019, Viktor Orban presented the Hungarian Order of Merit to Roger Scruton in London.  Scruton would die five weeks later f...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Human Freedom Makes "A World Safe for 'Making'"

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For the distinction between making  and taking , see the previous post. PERSONAL FREEDOM AS THE NATURAL GROUND OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM Stephen B...

"Makers" and "Takers" in the Paleolithic

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Libertarians and classical liberals have long argued for defending the makers who produce wealth from the takers who expropriate it (Conto...
Saturday, April 04, 2026

The Fall of Orban's "Illiberal Democracy." Fukuyama Was Right.

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          Viktor Orban with J. D. Vance and Rod Dreher in Washington, D.C., November 2025                                                   ...
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