Three philosophers on Brexit
BBC’s A Point of View with Onora O’Neill, Roger Scruton and John Gray. Roger also in Prospect Magazine with “Who are we?“ Brexitjohn grayOnora O’Neillpolitical economyPolitical philosophyRoger Scruton
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How Brexit shattered progressives’ dearest illusions
a quasi-eschatological faith in historical progress Well put Damon! Here is one of the more insightful, philosophically literate and least hysterical or pompous analyses. On this topic I have written the following in a forthcoming paper. Epistemic humility is not seen as a cultural virtue: it is the zeitgeist of the modern age that we exist…
The Secret People
David Marquand in the New Statesman on “something is stirring among Chesterton’s secret people”. Here is a review of Marquand’s Mammon’s Kingdom: An Essay on Britain England and the English now face the primordial questions that face all self-conscious political communities: “Who are we?”, “Who do we want to be?” At bottom, these questions are philosophical, in a…
The Rule of Law in the Modern European State
David Boucher’s article from a decade ago freely available here. The shit-storm that we are now in is a consequence of complicitous “ruling class chatter” (Left and Right) and “enlightened” technocracy, a politics of faith that has become way out of wack with the politics of scepticism. The European Union required of its aspirant members formal…
Hume’s Call to Action
A review article of James Harris’ Hume: An Intellectual Biography Hume reconceived the task of philosophy. It ought not to be championed, as the ancient schools had done, as a “medicine for the mind.” Nor was it a source of rules for action that would guarantee righteousness. Its role was critical reflection rather than exhortation…
The Morality of Freedom/Morals by Agreement
It’s been thirty years since arguably the last great works of liberal political philosophy in the analytical tradition appeared, setting aside Rawls’ Political Liberalism from 1993. The Morality of Freedom is freely available — click image. David GauthierJohn Rawlsjoseph razLiberalismmoral philosophyperfectionist liberalismPolitical philosophy
Michael Oakeshott Entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Long overdue! Here’s the entry written by Terry Nardin. aestheticscivil associationConservatismEpistemologyexperience and its modeshistory of political thoughtLiberal educationLiberalismMichael Oakeshotton human conductPhilosophy of historyphilosophy of social sciencePolitical philosophyrationalism in politicsReligion
Friedrich Hayek and Michael Polanyi in Correspondence
Friedrich Hayek and Michael Polanyi corresponded with each other for the best part of thirty years. They had shared interests that included science, social science, economics, epistemology, history of ideas and political philosophy. Studying their correspondence and related writings, this article shows that Hayek and Polanyi were committed Liberals but with different understandings of liberty,…
Of Love and Politics
Aurelian Craiutu reviews Oakeshott’s Notebooks, 1922-86. I don’t share the view that: If Oakeshott were alive today, he would welcome the fact that “the politics of faith” against which he wrote memorable pages seem to have lost some of its appeal. I think that the centre has not held at all and is at its narrowest band…
What happened to left-wing libertarianism?
Matt Ridley: Far too many people on the left want to put government in charge of everything, and far too many people on the right want to put God in charge. Why are we so reluctant as a species to embrace freedom, so keen to (in the words of the poet Hilaire Belloc): “always keep…
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