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, June 29, 2016

Cosmic Teleology in Big History?

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    Here are two models of the universe.  The first is Dante's Christian model, which was generally accepted in Christendom unt...
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Monday, June 27, 2016

Is Gary Johnson Manly Enough to Make a Libertarian Argument?

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I have expressed some hope that Gary Johnson could be remarkably successful as the presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, particul...
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

The Republican Convention Delegates Can Dump Trump

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Contrary to what has been asserted generally in the news media, the majority of the delegates to the Republican Party Convention in Clevelan...
Friday, June 24, 2016

The Brexit Vote: Ethnic Nationalism versus Commercial Cosmopolitanism in Big History

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Arriving at one of his golf courses in Scotland, Donald Trump praised the British vote to leave the European Union: "They took their co...
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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Hitler Learns the Journal of American Greatness Has Shut Down

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Now we can see what happened when Hitler learned that the Journal of American Greatness had shut down. A more serious lament about the lo...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Islamic Libertarianism Can Defeat Islamic Terrorism

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The Orlando massacre has renewed the debate over the possible connections between Islam and terrorism.  In that debate, two crucial points a...
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Was the "Journal of American Greatness" an "Inside Joke"?

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As I noted in my previous post, the "Journal of American Greatness" was started in February as a website where Straussians connect...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Straussians for Trump: The Degradation of Leo Strauss's Legacy

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  Some of those who claim to be in the tradition of Leo Strauss--the Western Straussians connected to Harry Jaffa and Claremont McKenn...
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Friday, June 03, 2016

Animal Personalities: Biography and History in Biology

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I have argued that a biopolitical science would have to move through at least three levels of political evolutionary history: the natural hi...
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The Rise to Power of Hitler and Trump

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Now that Paul Ryan has endorsed Donald Trump for President, the Republican Party has fully become the Party of Trump.  When I heard about th...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

The Johnson/Weld Ticket: Four Principles of Classical Liberalism in the Libertarian Moment

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"We have been given the gift of Trump and Clinton."  That was the comment of Larry Sharpe, who was a candidate for the Libertari...
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