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The premise of this book was discussed in relation to humanistic liberalism, suggesting that focusing on individual standards of governance, whether religious or philosophical, is necessary when government focuses too much on protecting liberty over the common good.
Yeah, I sort of felt like that was the premise of the of the Patrick Deenan book, the end or the fall of liberalism.
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The premise of this book was discussed in relation to humanistic liberalism, suggesting that focusing on individual standards of governance, whether religious or philosophical, is necessary when government focuses too much on protecting liberty over the common good.
Yeah, I sort of felt like that was the premise of the of the Patrick Deenan book, the end or the fall of liberalism.
Right. I mean, you know, the question is, how do we view ourselves as citizens? Do we look first at our responsibilities or do we look first at our rights? And, you know, there is a dynamic set up by the founders and articulated by, you know, the combination of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the great frenemies of the founding.
And I think part of the Deneen critique is that this rights based liberalism, as he calls it, actually in many ways sort of degrades the character of the population.