Episode 48
Social Vision and the Ten Commandments (Part 1)
Released Sunday 29 November 2020
From the Hosts
Now that we've looked at each of the Ten Commandments, let's see how political liberalism--what Thomas Sowell calls the Unconstrained Vision of human nature--measures up. If human nature is basically good or improvable, what does that mean for morality, society, and law?
This Episode Features: Thomas Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions"; Ye Shall Be As Gods; The Ongoing French Revolution; Transcendentalism; Evolution; Thomas Jefferson; Communism; and Thanksgiving.
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Works
Recommendation
Thanksgiving
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Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell
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Economics in One Lesson - Henry Hazlitt
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A Conflict of Visions - Thomas Sowell
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Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
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Witness - Whittaker Chambers
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That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis
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1984 - George Orwell