One can find rationalistic, empirical, and revelational aspects in John Locke’s thinking--but that doesn’t make him incoherent.
The institutions of political and individual freedom that the American founders established on these shores are Locke's most lasting legacy.
The new manuscript will not solve any of the Lockean paradoxes, it does provide us with a glimpse into his reasoning about Catholics in politics.
The Aristotelian argument for democracy relies on our deliberative capacity, that is, on our willingness to learn from one another.
Harry M. Clor (1929-2018) was a humble political philosopher and a great teacher.
D.C. Schindler's Freedom from Reality makes the startling claim that John Locke and his modern inheritors offer a us demonic kind of liberty.
Many campuses have adopted political statements that employees and prospective employees are expected to affirm publicly.
To understand Justice Thomas's “liberal originalism," one must look to the Declaration of Independence.
The magisterial reformers were conservative.
Declining to hide behind sentimental humanitarian bromides, Benedict XVI calls for us to engage modernity fully in faith and reason.
Women and men ought to enjoy political rights by virtue of their common human nature, but such rights are not individualistic means for self-actualization.