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, May 28, 2025

Smuggling as a Natural Right to Evade Trump's Tariffs

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THE NATURAL RIGHT TO FREE TRADE--AND TO SMUGGLING I have argued  that the desire for trade--or what  Adam Smith  called "the propensity...
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Saturday, May 24, 2025

The Chimpanzee Politics of Joe Biden's Betrayal of America

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Like many people I have been trying to understand why and how the Democratic Party threw the presidential election of 2024 to Donald Trump. ...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Will Trump's "Golden Age of America" Arise from Closing Its Borders to Foreign Goods and People?

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Donald Trump announced in his Second Inaugural Address: "The golden age of America begins right now."  On March 9th, the White Hou...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Pope Leo XIV Will Not Endorse the Integralism of Pope Leo XIII

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When Cardinal Robert Prevost chose Leo XIV as his papal name, he suggested that his papacy would advance some of the themes of Leo XII's...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

Pope Leo XIV. Has the Holy Spirit Chosen a Moderate Catholic and the First American Pope? And the First Pope Eligible to be President of the U.S.?

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                                                                        Pope Leo XIV The papal conclave has chosen Cardinal Robert Prevost t...
Wednesday, May 07, 2025

How Will We Know Whether the Holy Spirit Has Chosen the Pope?

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          The Pope Holds the Keys of Heaven Given to Peter by Jesus (Matthew 16:19) This morning in Rome 133 cardinals celebrated Mass in St...
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Friday, April 25, 2025

The Holy Spirit Will Fail to Overcome Religious Pluralism at the Papal Conclave

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Pope Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88.  The papal conclave to select the new pope must begin between 15 and 20 days after his death...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Evolutionary Symbolic Niche Construction of Liberalism Through Lockean "Consent"

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Locke's teaching that government arises from the consent of the people is well known.  But it's not well known that Locke explains ...
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