http://www.clarionreview.org A JOURNAL FOR LIFE IN THE BODY Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:54:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.clarionreview.org/2009/10/interview-roger-scruton/ http://www.clarionreview.org/2009/10/interview-roger-scruton/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:33:54 +0000 Benjamin Price http://www.clarionreview.org/blog/?p=25 Interviewer: Diederik Boomsma
What distinguishes conservatism from classical liberalism? The problem with classical liberalism is that it never pauses to examine what is involved in ‘not harming others’. Do I leave others unharmed when I destroy my capacity for personal relationships, through drug-taking, promiscuity, or porn addiction? Do I leave them unharmed when I stupefy myself with pop music? I have nothing against individualism, so long as it is recognized that the individual is created by a community and by the moral constraints that prevail in it. The individual is not the foundation of society but its most important by-product.]]> http://www.clarionreview.org/2009/10/interview-roger-scruton/feed/ 4