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, September 28, 2022

The Evolutionary Rise and Decline of Monarchy

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Recently, many of us have been fascinated by the stately ceremonies surrounding the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the succession of King C...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

The New York Attorney General Has Refuted the Rhetorical Myth of Trump as the Self-Made Billionaire

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In a previous  post , I applied Aristotle's Rhetoric to the study of Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric in 2016.  I indicated that Tru...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

My Essay on Locke in America in "Law and Liberty"

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The Liberty Fund's "Law and Liberty" blog has just published my  essay on Claire Rydell Arcenas's America's Philosoph...
Friday, September 09, 2022

The State of Nature in the American Revolution: Confirming Locke, Denying Hobbes

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In his Second Treatise , John Locke identifies five ways in which the state of nature arises in human history.  First, when our hunter-gathe...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Natural Rights in Locke's State of Nature Correspond to Natural Instincts in Bowlby's Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness: The Case of Parent-Child Attachment

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 John Locke's state of nature is often said to a "hypothetical" or "fictional" concept with no historical reality.  ...
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Saturday, September 03, 2022

The Biopolitical Science of Lockean Liberal Punishment: A Paper for an APSA Convention in Montreal

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On September 16 (Friday), I will be presenting a  paper  at the 2022 Convention of the American Political Science Association in Montreal.  ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

America's First Lockean Civil War--1774

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               The Appeal to Heaven Flag, a Battle Flag for the American Continental Army in 1775 With all of the disturbing talk these days...
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Monday, August 22, 2022

Daria Dugina Is Killed in Russia: Alexander Dugin and the Illiberal Traditionalism Behind the Ukraine War

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On Saturday, Daria Dugina, 29, was  killed by a car bomb outside of Moscow.  Her father Alexander Dugin was riding in a car behind her.  Vl...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

The Lockean Liberal Tradition in America: An Assessment of Arcenas's Intellectual History

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In America's Philosopher: John Locke in American Intellectual Life , Claire Rydell Arcenas gives us a meticulous and comprehensive intel...
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