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.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Aristotelian Liberalism (2): The Virtue of Prudence

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In making their case for Aristotelian liberalism, Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas Den Uyl revive Aristotle's claim that prudence or practi...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Rhetorical Moral Psychology: Reasoning with the Emotions

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In the latest issue of Nature , Paul Bloom has an essay on the scientific study of morality. As he indicates, recent biological studies of ...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A Discussion with Peter Lawler at RIT

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Tomorrow, I will be at Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, New York, for a public discussion/debate with Peter Lawler, sponsore...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Aristotelian Liberalism

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Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas Den Uyl have defended an Aristotelian conception of liberalism in two books-- Liberty and Nature: An Aristotel...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Can Virtue be Genetically Engineered?

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We are not born virtuous or vicious. But we are each born with innate temperaments and capacities that influence our acquisition of virtue b...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Philippa Foot and the Hypothetical Imperatives of Natural Goodness

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Philippa Foot is the author of one of my favorite essays in contemporary moral philosophy--"Morality as a System of Hypothetical Impera...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Darwinian Evolution of Comics

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The first volume of The Evolutionary Review has just been published by the State University of New York Press. This will be a yearly volume...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

The Secret Teaching in Aristotle's Natural Science

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One of the most common criticisms of "Darwinian natural right" is that Darwinian science denies the cosmic teleology necessary for...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Culture Vultures and Sick Societies

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As sociologist George Homans once observed, many social scientists are "culture vultures." Culture vultures explain social behavi...
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