(Audio)Why Defenders of Individual Liberty Must Not Surrender the Term “Liberal.”
The philosophy behind Western modernity must not die
I am frequently told that the word ‘liberal’ has become so confused and contested, and so deeply associated with the (often illiberal) left in the United States, that attempts to defend it as a distinct philosophical tradition are no longer worthwhile. While I generally agree that it is futile to try to reclaim words to their ‘proper’ meaning, liberalis…
