tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post4069734054145839501..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: West on the American Founding (7): Zuckert and the Evolutionary State of NatureLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-90480877406823281802022-08-23T10:27:27.935+01:002022-08-23T10:27:27.935+01:00I posted a response to JG on August 17, 2022. Som...I posted a response to JG on August 17, 2022. Sometimes I'm a little slow in responding!Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-71794737691914773732018-01-16T01:37:00.019+00:002018-01-16T01:37:00.019+00:00I don’t understand the impulse of scholars to take...I don’t understand the impulse of scholars to take the social contract interpretation of the American founding so deadly seriously. The problem with it is not just that there was no historical state of nature, but that there was no period during the founding that any “return” to that state took place. The Declaration itself was a political act, written and signed by representatives of governments of “the thirteen united States” “in Congress” assembled. States sending delegates to a Congress: This can hardly count as a return to the state of nature. Regardless of what rhetoric was employed, the actual events of the founding simply do not bear out the myth. JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546965829206442456noreply@blogger.com