Tag: liberalism
The dangerous simplicity of polarization
December 12, 2022 | Post
We cannot claim to want a better and more tolerant world while simultaneously creating distance between ourselves and those with whom we disagree. To overcome the exercise in collective insanity that is political polarization, we must separate the politics from the individual.
Why classical liberals need a research program
March 28, 2017 | Post
The first task of classical liberalism is to understand social order; normative conclusions must follow and flow from that understanding.
The classical liberal case against nationalist immigration restrictions
March 26, 2017 | Post
If any part of liberalism needs revitalizing, it’s the case for liberalizing immigration. Nationalists on the left and right argue that easing immigration restrictions would make Americans worse off. During the Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders criticized open borders as a “right-wing proposal” that would “make everybody in America poorer.” And of course Donald Trump is calling […]
Individual liberty for a diverse society: Public reason liberalism
February 27, 2017 | Post
Even well informed people of good will have very different religious, moral, and philosophic views.
The free society is an open society
February 25, 2017 | Post
A society can’t close itself off and remain free.
Immanuel Kant: Philosopher of Freedom
February 2, 2017 | Post
Kant was self-consciously an Enlightenment liberal who believed in limited government and maximum freedom.
Finally, a libertarian defense of identity politics
January 3, 2017 | Post
Identity politics, usually portrayed as a spectre haunting liberalism, is actually key to understanding uprisings against state power.
Liberalism reconstructed for a world divided
December 31, 2016 | Post
So 2016 is limping to an end with an assassination of an ambassador, another “inspired” attack on innocents at a Christmas market, and the formal election of a master crony-capitalist to the office of the presidency of the United States.
‘I am a Liberal’: How one man brought down Britain’s national ID system
December 10, 2016 | Post
In 1950, a British dry cleaner refused to show his papers and brought down the whole system of national identity registration.
Identity politics elected Trump
December 1, 2016 | Post
While many did not predict the outcome of this election, everyone knew one thing: half of the country would be devastated.
Collective punishment at Harvard University
November 28, 2016 | Post
Collective punishment is unjust. This is the case whether it is employed by governments, corporations, teachers, or parents.
The role of government: schools of thought in classical liberalism
November 23, 2016 | Post
Classical liberals all agree that government should be limited, but they disagree about how they get to that conclusion.
George Washington's Letter to the Jews
September 25, 2016 | Post
Toleration is the cornerstone of liberalism. Washington understood this and urged future generations to honor this commitment.