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Are We All Lockeans Now?
18 Oct 2007
Liberals and conservatives, religious believers and skeptics, can all find in John Locke much to like and much to dislike; and if the debates between them often seem intractable, that is precisely because they all have an equally strong claim to the Lockean legacy. A consideration of that legacy is therefore in order if we are to make sense of the so-called "culture wars" between traditionalists and progressives, "red-staters" and "blue-staters." To understand Locke is to understand ourselves.
Hayek and Fusionism
16 Feb 2007

"Fusionism" is the attempt to combine libertarianism and conservatism into a unified political philosophy and program. There is basis on which the fusionist might make his case, namely the philosophy of a thinker admired by conservatives and libertarians alike: F. A. Hayek. But would-be fusionists have to ask themselves how much of it they can accept.

We the Sheeple? Why Conspiracy Theories Persist
20 Sep 2006
The pretense of hostility to authority, tradition, and common sense -- and especially the extreme form of it represented by the likes of Marx and Nietzsche -- is what really underlies the popularity of conspiracy theories, particularly those involving 9/11.
Contract Schmontract
24 Jan 2006
Is morality a tacit agreement among men? Or something deeper?
The Metaphysics of Conservatism
12 Jan 2006
What is conservatism in the modern world? A consideration of metaphysical issues will do much to clarify the nature of conservatism, and of the political disputes that constantly break out among conservatives of different stripes. Ed Feser explains.
On 'Legislating Morality': The Anti-Conservative Fallacy
31 May 2005
Something liberals, libertarians and conservatives can all agree on.
How to Mix Religion and Politics
29 Mar 2005
There is a peculiar tendency for contemporary intellectuals to apply to arguments for theism a standard they do not apply to other controversial arguments. Why the constant harping on about the "separation of church and state," but not, say, the "separation of naturalistic metaphysics and state," the "separation of feminist theory and state," or "the separation of Rawlsian liberalism and state"?
The Myth of Libertarian Neutrality
03 Aug 2004
The author responds to criticism of his much-discussed article, "The Trouble with Libertarianism."
The Trouble with Libertarianism
20 Jul 2004
It is sometimes said that contemporary conservatism is an uneasy alliance between libertarians and traditionalists, and that this alliance is destined eventually to collapse due to the inherent conflict between the two philosophies. But it can with equal or even greater plausibility be argued that it is in fact contemporary libertarianism which comprises an uneasy alliance, an association between incompatible factions committed to very different conceptions of freedom.
Universities and the Left: A Reply to the Critics
20 Feb 2004
Discussing what academic life should be like, but too seldom is.
The Opium of the Professors
16 Feb 2004
The modern intellectual plays just the role his Medieval predecessor did: justifying, propagating, and systematically working out the consequences of a worldview the common man is already committed to in an unsophisticated and inchoate way. The second of a two-part series on universities and the Left.
Why Are Universities Dominated by the Left?
13 Feb 2004
The modern professoriate is best understood as a kind of priesthood, and its religion is Leftism. The first of a two-part series on universities and the Left.
The Mustache on the Left
08 Jan 2004
It is right-wingers, we are assured, who are the real closet totalitarians -- the ones who fit the psychological profile, and whose political philosophy has dangerous implications. What can be the source of such a pathological delusion?
Does Islam Need a Luther or a Pope?
04 Dec 2003
The conventional wisdom holds that the trouble with Islam is that, unlike Christianity, it never had a Protestant Reformation. But is that truly the problem?
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