When I first got interested in the social sciences and philosophy it was in large part because I had been repeatedly told as a high school conservative that we were engaged in a “war of ideas.” Further, in the long … Read more
Paradoxes of Freedom: Civil Society and the Market Order, Cosmos and Taxis, Vol 2, No. 1
Civil society maximizes individual freedom. Spontaneous orders emerge from principles expressed more completely within civil society and enable cooperation to take more complex forms than in their absence. However to the degree spontaneous orders incorporate activities from civil society, subjecting … Read more
Deep Ecology and Liberalism: The Greener Implications of Evolutionary Liberal Theory
DEEP ECOLOGY AND LIBERALISM:
The Greener Implications of Evolutionary Liberal Theory
Review of Politics, 58:4, Fall, 1996.
Gus diZerega
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DEEP ECOLOGY AND LIBERALISM: A RECONCILIATION: The Greener Implications of Evolutionary Liberal Theory
Modern environmentalism has two dimensions. The … Read more
Antibiotics and the Market: One more example of the bankruptcy of libertarian ideology
Libertarians and ‘free market’ advocates in general claim that markets reflect people’s decisions and values better than any other social institution, and so ‘freedom’ is maximized when markets are ‘unfettered.’ The New Scientist for May 24 has an important example … Read more
I have posted two more blog essays on the meaning of Pagan religion
The second tin the series is “What is Paganism? Part II: A Spiritual Taxonomy” which gives a more scholarly definition rooted in the basic story that unifies Pagan religion. It also explains when this kind of definition is … Read more