In the Cato Unbound series, my article “Does Kant Have a Place in Classical Liberalism?” is now up. Here, courtesy of editor Jason Kuznicki, is an abstract: Stephen R. C. Hicks argues that if our case for liberty comes from a mysterious other realm, then perhaps we have no case at all. He describes how […]
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Last week I posted this chart for comparing Clinton, Johnson, and Trump on six dimensions. I scored each from 1 to 10 for each dimension, with 10 being the highest score, and then totaled scores for each candidate. (Here is the blank chart in a Word document.) My scoring is: Here again are the follow-up
Picking the President, 2016: My Scoring of Clinton, Johnson, and Trump Read More »
I made this chart for comparing Clinton, Johnson, and Trump on the six dimensions that I think are most important in selecting a president. To use the chart the way I did for myself, score each candidate from 1 to 10 for each dimension, with 10 being the highest possible positive score. Then total your
Picking the President, 2016: A Guide Read More »
[This essay is a part of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between Stephen Hicks and John C. Wright. Here Hicks responds to Wright’s previous column. Here are the links to other essays in the series.] We live in good times for religion and politics. The great majority of us are free to practice or not
Is Political Evil Built into Religion? [Theist vs. Atheist series] Read More »
Now that we are solidly into Stage 3 … Stage 1 (early 20th century): Socialism is really true and moral and liberal capitalism is evil. [The evidence comes in. Shit.] Stage 2 (late 20th century): Evidence and logic are subjective constructs and all alternative constructs are equal. [Liberal-capitalist constructs continue to appeal to many people.
The Three Stages of Far-Left Advocacy (sarcastic version) Read More »
[This is a Portuguese translation of Part 6 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between Stephen Hicks and John Wright, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] A religião é boa ou má para a política? Por John C. Wright Tradução de Matheus Pacini Revisão de Mateus Bernardino A questão dessa semana é se a
British P.M. Theresa May is another Third Way politician in the tradition of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. From her speech: “Government can and should be a force for good; the state exists to provide what individual people, communities and markets cannot; we should employ the power of government for the good of the people.
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João Carlos Espada of the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon has a new book out: The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty: A View from Europe. The title suggests a distance between Europe and liberal ideas and institutions as they developed in the Anglo tradition. Here’s the book’s description: “Joao Carlos Espada’s provocative survey of a
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