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.

Friday, April 30, 2010

The Evolution of Heaven and Hell

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One of my pastimes is walking through graveyards with my dog Charlie Darwin. I particularly like the cemetery nearest my home in Sycamore, ...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Cooperation Among the Chaldeans

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Why do humans cooperate? That question is particularly puzzling when we consider large-scale political communities in which hundreds of mill...
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Antony Flew, 1923-2010

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Antony Flew, a famous professor of philosophy in England, died a few days ago in Reading, England, at the age of 87. He wrote on many topics...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Animal Culture Wars

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Is culture uniquely human? Or do some nonhuman animals have culture? How we answer this question is crucial for our understanding of how we ...
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Aristotelian Liberalism (7): Frank Meyer and the Fusion of Virtue and Freedom

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Rasmussen and Den Uyl never cite Frank Meyer in their writings. But they should have, because their argument for Aristotelian liberalism co...
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Aristotelian Liberalism (6): The Morality of Commercial Friendship

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In his zoological writings, Aristotle distinguishes solitary animals and gregarious animals. Of the gregarious animals, some are political. ...
Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Aristotelian Liberalism (5): Adam Smith's "Moral Sociology"

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Since Rasmussen and Den Uyl argue for an Aristotelian defense of liberalism, one might expect that they would find common ground with Adam S...
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Aristotelian Liberalism (4): War, Religion, and Parental Care

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My list of 20 natural desires includes parental care, courage in war, and religious understanding. It seems odd to me, therefore, that Rasmu...
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Aristotelian Liberalism (3): Generic Goods and Natural Desires

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In Liberty and Nature and The Norms of Liberty , Rasmussen and Den Uyl look to a list of generic goods for human life that closely resemble...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

Markets and World Religions in the Evolution of Cooperation

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Explaining the evolution of large-scale human societies is one of the fundamental problems in the social sciences. Looking at the deep histo...
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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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