| Peter Klein |
Astute readers will have noticed this blog’s professed interest in both classical liberalism (or libertarianism) and cultural conservatism. But are they compatible? Classical liberals are often portrayed as social and cultural libertines, products of the Enlightenment, modernism, and the secular revolt of Reason against traditional moral authority. Indeed, responding to an earlier post on the political leanings of sociologists, a commentator wrote: “I am honestly curious about how you square the rational ambitions of classical liberalism with the irrational conservative ideals on ‘orthodox Christianity’ and reliance on Authority?”
The answer is simple: classical liberalism is a political doctrine, and cultural conservatism is, well, a cultural doctrine — more precisely, a set of social, cultural, and moral beliefs or principles.
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