PHILOSOPHY
March 2013
Alan Ryan’s colossal new history of political thought is an ambitious but engaging piece of scholarship
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March 2013
Richard Dawkins cannot grasp the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. This puts him at war not only with religion, but the entire tradition of Western philosophy
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October 2012
The financial crisis has produced a new wave of young libertarians but these radicals champion freedom over and above virtue
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July/August 2012
The Wealth of Nations should not be seen as separate from Smith's moral philosophy — it itself is a profoundly moral text
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