Articles tagged as reason
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“A Common Law Restoration Serves the Common Good” — Josh Hammer at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty
In a symposium in collaboration with Law & Liberty, Josh Hammer responds to Holden Tanner, arguing that conservative judges should look to the Preamble for natural law principles, rather than relying on the unmoored authority of human reason. Such a strategy would better promote common-good originalism in a post-Christian age. Some excerpts: Edmund Burke on […] -
“The False Allure of the Pagan Right” — Daniel Mahoney in Law and Liberty
In a review of Matthew Rose’s A World After Liberalism, Prof. Mahoney argues that atheists on the Right and the Left need the same remedy: a renewed commitment to reason and faith. Some excerpts: “‘We are living in a postliberal moment. After three decades of dominance, liberalism is losing its hold on Western minds.’ So […] -
PODCAST: Sohrab Ahmari on “The Unbroken Thread,” Part 2
Author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Guy Denton for a two-part discussion of his new book, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos. In Part 2, we continue our discussion of how tradition informs understandings of filial piety […] -
PODCAST: Sohrab Ahmari on “The Unbroken Thread,” Part 1
Author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Guy Denton for a two-part discussion of his new book, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos. In Part I, we discuss Ahmari’s inspiration for writing the book, the failings of modernity […] -
“Reason, Revelation and the American Regime”: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In the latest article for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes writes about the nature and roots of the American Regime. Professor Arkes points out that the moral roots of the American Founding are in both reason and faith. The Founding Fathers invoked Natural Law to justify their cause because they […] -
“Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization” An Interview with Dr. Samuel Gregg
In June 2019, JWI’s Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Intern Jake Rinear shared a discussion with Dr. Samuel Gregg, author of the book Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization (Regnery Gateway Editions, 2019). Dr. Gregg is an author and the director of research at the Acton Institute. Below you may find: A […] -
“In Defense of Political Reason” –Professor Daniel Mahoney in The American Mind
In an essay for The American Mind titled “In Defense of Political Reason”, Professor Daniel J. Mahoney reaffirms reason’s place within the conservative legal and political tradition. Responding to Yoram Hazony’s scathing denunciation of modern reason in The American Mind, Professor Mahoney acknowledges the destructive effects of rationalism while attempting to rescue premodern reason as […] -
VIDEO: Hadley Arkes Delivers 2017 Commencement Address at Institute of World Politics
On May 20th, 2017, Professor Arkes was honored by the Institute of World Politics, and delivered the Commencement address to IWP’s Graduating Class of 2017. IWP is a stand-alone Graduate School which was “founded to fill a major national need: to supply professional education in statecraft, national security, and international affairs.” For Professor Arkes, Commencements […]