The Many Problems with Marxism - Merion West
WEBApr 15, 2020 · The Many Problems with Marxism. “I recently met up with an old friend, a staunch Marxist, at a traditional Viennese café to catch up and talk about our political differences. After hours of discussion, he admitted, ‘Well, ultimately, it’s a question of faith.'”. T he ultimate test for any theory is whether it works in practice.
Jonathan Church: Getting to the Bottom of the Robin DiAngelo …
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · O n January 29th, Merion West editor Erich J. Prince was joined by Jonathan Church to discuss his recent book Reinventing Racism: Why “White Fragility” Is the Wrong Way to Think About Racial Inequality, which was released in December. Mr. Church is a contributor at Merion West, as well as at a number of other publications, and he frequently ...
Review: Matt McManus’ “The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism”
WEBOct 21, 2019 · McManus’s The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism astutely concludes that it is on these grounds that the Left needs to fight back if it is to realize its wider ambitions of economic redistribution. Some on the Left will find this unconvincing, arguing that culture runs downstream from economics, necessitating a seizure of the means of ...
Richard W. Burcik | Merion West
WEBJul 2, 2019 · Letter to the Editor: In Reply to McManus—Markets Are the Better Way. “Each day, I read an almost endless array of pro-socialist and anti-capitalist articles in a variety of newspapers, magazines, and web sites. Then I ask myself: ‘How could so many bright, well-informed authors be so apparently unaware of the actual realities concerning ...
Moral Behavior When No One Is Watching: an Interview with Jillian ...
WEBApr 17, 2020 · Later this year, Jordan will begin work as an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. In this interview, she joins Merion West and Kambiz Tavana to discuss her research, particularly two papers “Signaling When No One Is Watching” and “When Do We Punish People Who Don’t?,” as well as their broader implications.
Review: Bart Ehrman’s “Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife”
WEBMay 3, 2020 · Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, “Bart Ehrman, ever loyal to his engaging style, approaches this topic in Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. As expected, he delivers the goods, covering religious texts from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the writings of Augustine.”. T he most common argument against religion is …
Scandinavia’s War on Babies with Down Syndrome | Merion West
WEBAug 6, 2017 · As a child with DS costs “1 to 2 million Euros,” Belgian pediatrician Patrick Willems says that, “preventing the birth of 50 babies with Down Syndrome will offset the costs of fully implementing the NIPT [a noninvasive, highly accurate prenatal test for DS] into Dutch public healthcare.”. Dutch pediatrician Ko van Wowue treats ending ...
How Sam Harris Changed My Opinion of Jordan Peterson
WEBJul 20, 2020 · Sam Harris: Facts and Values. In Peterson’s opinion, the “new atheists,” such as Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins, take our moral rules for granted and do not give credit to the transcendent forces that— for Peterson—gave rise to these ethical systems. Peterson, of course, argues that without the mythological ...
Patrick Deneen: A Primer - Merion West
WEBOct 5, 2020 · Patrick Deneen was born in 1964 and was educated at Rutgers University, earning a B.A. in English literature in 1986 and a Ph.D. in political science in 1995. From 1997 to 2005, he was an assistant professor at Princeton University. He was then appointed to the faculty at Georgetown University in 2005 …
Immanuel Kant: a Conservative Philosopher as Much as a Liberal …
WEBFeb 3, 2021 · “This suggests that Kant’s Copernican turn in metaphysics, in both the theoretical and practical spheres, has the potential to be interpreted in both liberal and conservative directions.”. I n a recent piece, Matt McManus called Immanuel Kant “the greatest liberal thinker.” McManus argued for Kant’s liberalism by highlighting two main metaphysical commitments: an overt commitment ...
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