Topic: Classical Liberalism

Classical Liberalism, Education, History

Education As the Root of Freedom

– November 12, 2022

“If our civilization is to truly flourish, we must push passed the clamor of the culture wars and build our society on the firm foundation of a liberal arts education.” ~ Tyler Syck

Classical Liberalism, Government, History

John Adams On Liberty—America’s Rationale And Greatness

– November 9, 2022

“At a time when we often not only forget that liberty is both America’s rationale and its greatness, but routinely violate it, Americans would profit from returning to Adams’ wisdom.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Books, Classical Liberalism, Economic Education

A Foreword to Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments

– November 9, 2022

“Admirers of The Theory of Moral Sentiments range across academic and scholarly fields and disciplines, across countries and continents, and, most remarkably, across landscapes of political ideology.” ~ Daniel B. Klein

Art and Culture, Classical Liberalism, History

Liberalism’s Greatest Gift

– November 6, 2022

“Insofar as humanity embraces this liberal commitment to epistemic unpretentiousness, humanity is protected against the fevers and passions of persons who are enflamed by their sense of certainty.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

Classical Liberalism, Economic Education, Economic History

Essential Words In- And Not In- Adam Smith’s Essential Works

– November 5, 2022

“Don’t leave TMS behind when reading WN. Intricate souls the actors in WN surely are. What, after all, is the inner substance of the wealth of nations?” ~ Caleb Petitt & Daniel B. Klein

Classical Liberalism, Government, Philosophy

Driving Liberty in the Traffic of Tolerance

– November 3, 2022

“Liberty is the ability to stay in my lane without having to worry about others as obstacles to my progress. Tolerance comes from the complex mix of political institutions that result in a rule of law, like traffic lanes, that ensure liberty is shared by all.” ~ Michael D. Thomas

Classical Liberalism, Government, History

Thinking About Government with John Adams

– November 2, 2022

“Does liberty presuppose virtuous people, or is liberty a precondition for our becoming virtuous people? Adams pondered these and related questions until he was 90.” ~ Aeon J. Skoble

Art and Culture, Classical Liberalism, Philosophy

A Question of Relationships: Are Our Personal Preferences Always “Personal?”

– October 31, 2022

“Accounting for the influence of relational dynamics may help us better understand some of the more vexing behaviors left unexplained by an over-strict adherence to methodological individualism.” ~ Paul Schwennesen & April Liu

Authoritarianism, Classical Liberalism, History

The Stockdale Paradox and the Future of Liberty

– October 28, 2022

“The Stockdale Paradox reminds us that when faith falters, turning to false optimism is not the path forward. Such optimism, wrote Frankl in Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything, ‘lull[s] us into complacency and… a rosy fatalism.’” ~ Barry Brownstein

Classical Liberalism, Government, Philosophy

Despotic Days?

– October 28, 2022

“The tragedy we see around us is that cultural leaders are abandoning liberal norms, which themselves should bear a certain sacredness or sacrosanctity, so far as they go.” ~ Daniel Klein & Michael C. Munger

Classical Liberalism, Free Markets, Government, History

Liberalism, True and False

– October 27, 2022

“There was an underlying humility in the older classical liberalism that assumed that each person could better find his own way than to presume that political paternalists could make better decisions for them.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling

Classical Liberalism, Education, International

Guatemala’s Enclave of Liberty

– October 18, 2022

“Whether the Universidad de Francisco Marroquín is replicable outside of its context is an open question, but it is a question we should see answered here in the US over the next several decades.” ~ G. Patrick Lynch