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Relativism's Moral Mission
Relativism's Moral Mission - R.R Reno
'Instead of trying to determine the criteria of a “public reason”—and thus risk the temptation of defining as non-controversial what you believe ought to be widely accepted—the relevant question is whether partisans in public debates are willing to accept the constraints of civility and the rule of law.'
© First Things.
The Introduction to "Adam and Eve After the Pill"
The Introduction to "Adam and Eve After the Pill" - Mary Eberstadt
Mary Eberstadt provides a run down of her new book in which she analyses the effects of the sexual revolution.
© Ignatius Press.
What Isn't for Sale?
What isn't for Sale - Michael J. Sandel
'Market thinking so permeates our lives that we barely notice it anymore. A leading philosopher sums up the hidden costs of a price-tag society.'
© The Atlantic Monthly.
Rotting from the Head Down
Rotting from the Head Down - Theodore Dalrymple
'A member of Britain’s intellectual elite celebrates his nation’s social collapse.'
© The Manhattan Institute.
The God Wars
The God Wars - Bryan Appleyard
'To hardline atheists, it is now unreasonable and “dramatically peculiar” to argue that religion is not altogether evil. How did such intolerance become acceptable to rational minds?'
© New Statesman.
A Natural Law Manifesto
A Natural Law Manifesto - Hadley Arkes
'I come then today, perhaps in the style of Edmund Burke, to make An Appeal from the Old Jurisprudence to the New: from the old jurisprudence, which relied on natural law as a matter of course, to a new conservative jurisprudence that has not only been resistant to natural law, but scorns it.'
© Right Reason
Reading Jane Austen as a Moral Philosopher
Reading Jane Austen as a Moral Philosopher - Thomas Rodham
'Jane Austen was a brilliant moral philosopher from whom we still have much to learn today.'
© Thomas Rodham.
To Judge by Apearances
To Judge by Appearances - Theodore Dalrymple
'Naturally, sloppiness in dress is a convention like any other: for if there is one thing that human beings cannot escape, other than death and taxes, it is convention.'
© New English Review.
Can Markets be made Moral? Ask a Silly Question...
Can Markets be made Moral? Ask a Silly Question... - Philip Booth
'The question does not, in fact, ask whether markets can exhibit moral behaviour but whether they can be ‘made moral’.'
© Institute of Economic Affairs.
The War Against Girls
The War Against Girls - Jonathan V. Last
'Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons.' Jonathan Last reviews the book Unnatural Selection by Maria Hvistendahl.
© The Wall Street Journal.