Professor James Orr: “The atomisation of modern society, the tectonic contradictions of identitarianism, the shattering of civic and economic harmony, are not puzzling aberrations of liberalism but the outworking of its inner logic.”
That is from Dr. Orr’s second essay, “A Conservative Critique of Liberalism,” in this Reason Papers three-round debate with Dr. Stephen Hicks. Orr advocates and defends Conservatism; Hicks does the same for Liberalism. Links here:
Conservatism or Liberalism? A Debate between James Orr and Stephen Hicks
- Full Debate
- Introduction —Konstantin Kisin
Round One:
- What Liberalism Is —Stephen R. C. Hicks
- What Is Conservatism? —James Orr
Round Two:
- A Liberal Critique of Conservatism —Stephen R. C. Hicks
- A Conservative Critique of Liberalism —James Orr
Round Three:
- Conservatism: Final Thoughts —James Orr
- How Liberalism Solves Everything—Stephen R. C. Hicks
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