To mark the birth of Roger here is an article on his aesthetics, to my mind the most abiding dimension to Roger’s philosophical legacy, something many commentators (perhaps willfully) pass over: Inscrutable Wagner: Roger Scruton’s appreciation of Richard Wagner will remain an important and inexhaustible part of his legacy Roger assessed Tristan as fundamentally religious in its…
Commemorating the one year anniversary since his passing, here’s an article in The Critic. alcoholhumeKantqualiaRoger ScrutonWine
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My contribution to the C+T symposium on Roger Scruton’s Conservatism. antifragileConservatismidentityidentity politicsPolitical philosophyRoger ScrutonToleration
Coming soon to C+T Conservatismcosmos & taxisLiberalismPolitical philosophyRoger Scruton
Published today. Adam SmithAge of EnlightenmentCivil societyConservatismDavid HumeEdmund BurkefreedomFriedrich HayekJohn LockeJohn Stuart MillLiberalismMilton FriedmanmoralitypropertyrightsRoger Scrutonthe rule of lawThomas Hobbes
Published today. Below is Roger’s preface. BrexitEUpolitical correctnessPolitical philosophyregressive leftRoger Scrutonsocial identityYanis Varoufakis
Roger Scruton and Timothy Williamson discuss the relationship between philosophy and science, introduced by Tim Crane: But is it science? naturalismPhilosophyRoger ScrutonscienceScientismTim Cranetimothy williamson
Scruton conveys a world where the ideological “lie” reigned and where brave souls successfully resisted it. He also captures that in-between world between moral integrity and open collaboration that was the fate of so many in a decaying yet frightfully repressive ideological regime. Daniel J. Mahoney in New Criterion It was Roger who inspired me to go to…
Roger is looking the sharpest I’ve seen him in years but he still retains the Just William hair. Christina Hoff Sommerscommon lawConservatismfree speechLiberalismLiteraturePhilosophyrationalismRoger Scrutonrule of lawSpontaneous order
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