James Orr defends “the conservative’s instinct for the particular over the universal, the empirical over the rational, the concrete over the abstract, the pragmatic over the ideal.”
That is from Dr. Orr’s opening essay 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
Related: New York, SOHO Forum: Do Free Societies Need Postmodernism? | A Debate | Dr. Thaddeus Russell and Dr. Stephen Hicks
Related: Australia, Brisbane Dialogues: Is Postmodernism Right-wing or Left-wing? | A Debate | Dr. Stephen Hicks and Dr. John Quiggin