Sep 24, 2022
In this episode I discuss parts of the book The Conservative Sensibility by the American writer George Will. I wanted to branch out a little and read a book that is infused with Conservative philosophy to chew on. I especially was interested in Conservative philosophy that has no time for the modern manifestation of the alt right and QANON thinking; as well as a philosophy that self identifies as not needing theism. George Will manages to eschew both of those liabilities. In the book I talk about:
- The universality of human nature
- Natural Rights at the heart of the American founding - and the political philosophical backdrop to American life today is whether governments job is to secure rights for its citizens (Conservatism) or grant rights to its citizens (Progressivism)
- Natural Rights as a heuristic
- The three liberalisms in American political history
- Ignorance as an inevitable element is mass centralization
- Ingratitude as a function of intellectuals and bureaucrats
- Conservatism without Theism
- Living a flourishing life
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