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, August 27, 2019

Strauss and Darwinian Natural Right: Responses to Catherine Zuckert and Richard Hassing

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Catherine Zuckert and Richard Hassing are the two discussants for my APSA panel this Friday.  They have sent me written comments on the pa...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

The Lockean Natural Punishment of Dictators Through Nonviolent Resistance

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I have written  many posts over the years on the Darwinian science of natural punishment in Lockean liberalism. The natural right to puni...
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Saturday, August 17, 2019

Darwinian Liberalism Solves Strauss's Problems of Natural Right

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At the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, I will be presenting a paper for a panel on "Nat...
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Monday, August 12, 2019

Reason, Revelation, and the Miracle of the Resurrection in the Metaphysical Society

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One of the best debates over reason and revelation occurred in London in the meetings of the Metaphysical Society from 1869 to 1880.  This s...
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Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Darwinian Liberalism Promoted Freedom of Thought in the Reason/Revelation Debate in Victorian England

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There is a fundamental contradiction in the Straussian account of the reason/revelation debate and the need for philosophers to be esoteric ...
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Monday, July 29, 2019

Darwin's Philosophic Understanding of Reason and Revelation

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Charles Darwin was a scientific philosopher who took the side of reason against revelation, but with the understanding that he could ...
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