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Political Idolatry

Steven Begakis wrote 1 day ago: Jonah was a patriot. He loved his country, the chosen nation of Israel. Moreover, he loved his God, … more →

Tags: Theology, God, & Natural Law, Tyranny, conservatism, Jonah, Karl Marx, David Mamet, ann coulter

Constitutionalism: Godly Secularism

Steven Begakis wrote 4 days ago: There are many good things in this world, over which God is Providentially sovereign, that are desig … more →

Tags: Theology, God, Justice, Liberty, Government, natural rights, ethics, "United States Constitution", Secularism

"Tory politics: pact to the rafters in contradiction"

elliotbrice wrote 5 days ago: This fantastic piece of analysis appeared in The Age today in a piece by Waleed Aly. An impressively … more →

Tags: Political Philosophy, Politics 2, Economics, Politics, Australian politics, ALP, Economics 2, Waleed Aly

Why Abortion Matters

Steven Begakis wrote 1 week ago: Ever heard the protest, “Why do conservative Christians focus so much on gay marriage and abor … more →

Tags: Liberty, natural rights, Abortion, Rule of Law, christopher tollefsen, Pro-Life, the public discourse

Extreme Moderation1 comment

Steven Begakis wrote 1 week ago: In American politics, there are two positions that, regardless of the shifting passions and mores of … more →

Tags: Mark Levin, constitution, Moderation, Independence, compromise, Patrick Henry, Intolerable Acts, Extremism, Tea Party

Law, government, community, and conservatives9 comments

theoptimisticconservative wrote 1 week ago: In his “Morning Jolt” today, Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlighted a post from yesterda … more →

Tags: American Liberty, Civil Rights, Conservative Politics, Cultures, Education, History, Left-wing themes, Political Commentary, Political Philosophy

Hayek

manwithoutqualities wrote 1 week ago: Born on this day in 1899. It’s to analytical (social) epistemology’s (and philosophy of … more →

Tags: Hayek, austrian school, Complexity, Consciousness, Distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, Economics, Friedrich Hayek, Philosophical Psychology

Justice vs. Social Justice

Steven Begakis wrote 2 weeks ago: Greg Forster wrote a phenomenal piece on The Gospel Coalition where he explains the Christian roots … more →

Tags: Theology, God, & Natural Law, Justice, Tyranny, Liberty, united states, Abraham Lincoln, Gospel Coalition

Disability Care: Luck Egalitatianism in practice.4 comments

elliotbrice wrote 2 weeks ago: It seems the National Disability Insurance Scheme is about to become a reality. A true Labor reform … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Politics 2, ALP, Australian politics, Disability Care, dworkin, Equality, Julia Gillard

Christian Objections to Conservatism

Steven Begakis wrote 2 weeks ago: So far I’ve done a great deal of philosophical heavy lifting. No doubt my dear readers have al … more →

Tags: Theology, God, Justice, Liberty, Great Commission, Acts of the Apostles, Bible, Jesus, Gospel

Oakeshott Symposium on Science and Religion

manwithoutqualities wrote 3 weeks ago: This is the first of six contributions to a symposium published in Zygon, vol. 44, no. 1 (March 2009 … more →

Tags: oakeshott, Oakeshott, Michael Oakeshott, Timothy Fuller, Religion, Elizabeth Corey, gilbert ryle, stephen jay gould, Philosophy of Social Science

What is Conservatism?1 comment

Steven Begakis wrote 3 weeks ago: In previous posts I explained that constitutional conservatism begins with the acknowledgment of a t … more →

Tags: Community, conservatism, constitutionalism, friedrich hayek, Liberty, Milton Friedman, & Natural Law, Ronald Reagan, Russell Kirk

The Civil Society

Steven Begakis wrote 3 weeks ago: Civilization without Civil Government? Imagine for a moment the unthinkable: A coordinated nuclear s … more →

Tags: Mark Levin, God, Civil Society, united states, free market, Family, Community, individualism, Lincoln

Conserving Tyranny?

Steven Begakis wrote 1 month ago: There are many who claim the mantle of “conservatism” while rejecting the existence of G … more →

Tags: Mark Levin, God, & Natural Law, Liberty, conservatism

Private Property and the Rule of Law

Steven Begakis wrote 1 month ago: In a previous post I spoke of the natural limitations that were placed on the civil kingdom by God … more →

Tags: Property, Mark Levin, God, Edmund Burke, equal justice, individual sovereignty

Government by Laws, Not by Men

Steven Begakis wrote 1 month ago: It would not be an exaggeration to say that the organizing principle of constitutional conservatism … more →

Tags: God, & Natural Law, Aristotle, John Adams, constitutionalism, Middle Ages, F. A. Hayek, Liberty

Praxis und Politik - Michael Oakeshott im Dialog

manwithoutqualities wrote 1 month ago: Newly released Oakeshott collection. … more →

Tags: oakeshott, Friedrich Hayek, Oakeshott, Michael Oakeshott, Rule of Law

Constitutional Conservatism in the Two Kingdoms

Steven Begakis wrote 1 month ago: A Christian lives in two kingdoms — a civil kingdom (Rom. 13:1) and a heavenly kingdom (Phil 3:20) — … more →

Tags: Theology, God, Political Philosophy, Christian Liberty, Two Kingdoms, constitutional conservatism

Hayek and Behavioral Economics

manwithoutqualities wrote 1 month ago: Still on Hayek. Having just received my copy, I thought I’d give it another plug. My chapter M … more →

Tags: Hayek, austrian school, Bounded Rationality, Cognitive Science, Complexity, Consciousness, distributed knowledge, Economics, embodied cognition


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