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Lectures
Coming Lectures and Seminars
Past Lectures and Seminars
Alexis de Tocqueville, Seminar with John Lukacs
An Update on the Economy, a seminar with Prof. Bill Dunkelberg
Amity Shlaes: How Election 1936 Gave Us Election 2008
C. John Sommerville: The Decline of the Secular University
Colleen Sheehan: James Madison, Citizenship, and Statesmanship
Creating Jobs, Panel with William Dunkelberg and Thomas Patrick Burke
Daniel J. Mitchell: The Case for a Flat Tax
Economic Consequences of the Election, seminar with William Dunkelberg
Harvey Mansfield: Manliness
Introduction to the First Amendment, a seminar with William Adair Bonner, Esquire
M. Stanton Evans -- Senator Joe McCarthy: Blacklisted by History
Neal McCluskey: Privatizing Education
Monetary Policy and the Shadow Banking System, a seminar with Ulrich Kortsch
On Money: Returning to the Gold Standard, seminar with Patrick Barron
Our Future with China, Seminar with Arthur Waldron
Paul Gottfried: The American Right and the Problem of Values
Recent Developments in the Dialogue with Islam, Seminar with Leonard Swidler
Richard Epstein: Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws
Myths and Fallacies, a seminar with Patrick Barron
Robert E. Moffitt: On Health Care Reform
Robert George: Liberalism and Catholicism in the Public Square
Recession? Depression? Recovery?, a seminar with Prof. Bill Dunkelberg
Roger Kimball: "Criticismism" (sic) 'Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking'"
Roger Scruton: The Defence of the West
Scientific Perspective on Global Warming, Seminar with David Legates
The "Credit Crunch", Seminar with William Dunkelberg
The Current Economic Crisis, Seminar with William Dunkelberg
The Dialogue Between Christianity and Islam, Seminar with Leonard Swidler
The Just War, Seminar with Thomas Patrick Burke
Thomas Patrick Burke: Coercive and Peaceful Discrimination
Thomas Patrick Burke: Is Social Justice Just?
Thomas Patrick Burke: Justice New and Old
Tim Kane: Globalization, Employment and Outsourcing
United States v. State of Arizona, et al., Seminar with William Adair Bonner
Victor Davis Hanson: Iraqi Ironies
Walter E. Williams video: The Role of Government in a Free Society
Walter Williams: The Role of Government in a Free Society
Courses
Coming Courses
Freedom and the Free Society
Past Courses
An Introduction to Austrian Economics, a course with Patrick Barron
An Introduction to Classical Liberalism, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
Aristotle's Ethics, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
Beauty and Its Modes, Course with Roger Scruton
Current Economic Challenges, Course with William Dunkelberg
Edmund Burke, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
Freedom and Society: Classical Liberalism in the Twentieth Century , Course with T. Patrick Burke
Freedom and Tradition: An Introduction to Classical Liberalism and Conservatism, with T. P. Burke
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
Plato's Republic: the Right and the Good, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
The East and the West, Course with Arthur Waldron
The Ethical Foundations of the Market System, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
The Federalist Papers, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
The Federalist Papers, Course with Prof. T. Patrick Burke
The Foundations of Western Theology: Aristotle, a course with Prof. T. Patrick Burke
The Foundations of Western Theology: Plato on God, a course with Prof. T. Patrick Burke
The Historical and Philosophical Origins of Social Justice, Course with Thomas Patrick Burke
The Moral Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, Course with Thomas Patrick Burke
The Philosophical Basis of the Free Society: Friedrich Hayek, a course with Prof. T. Patrick Burke
The Philosophy of Aquinas, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
The Philosophy of Conservatism, Course with Roger Scruton
The Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
The Political and Moral Philosophy of John Locke, Course with Thomas Patrick Burke
The Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, Course with Thomas Patrick Burke
The Real Adam Smith, a course with Prof. Thomas Patrick Burke
Discussion
Research
Philosophy
Challenges to Conservatism, by Roger Kimball
Classical Liberalism, a Lecture Series with Thomas Patrick Burke
Freedom and the Free Society
Freedom of the Will, I
Freedom of the Will, II
Coercion and Liberty
Justice and Law
Property
Natural Law
Government
"Social Justice"
Coercive and Peaceful Discrimination
Liberty and Marriage
Liberty and Theology
A Philosophy of Freedom
Courses, Lectures and Writings of Thomas Patrick Burke
Foundations of Liberty
Explanations
On Being Alive
On Being Alive: Aristotle
Man the Machine
The New Science
Purposes
Darwin
Freedom and Society: Classical Liberalism in the Twentieth Century, Course with T. P. Burke
Liberalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Freedom in the Market: Ludwig von Mises (1881 - 1973)
The Implications of Ignorance for Freedom and Justice: Friedrich von Hayek (1899 - 1992)
The Achievements of Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
The Minimal State: Robert Nozick (1938 - 2002)
Libertarianism: Murray Rothbard (1926 - 1995)
The Theory of Public Choice: James Buchanan
Freedom and Tradition: An Introduction to Classical Liberalism and Conservatism, with T. P. Burke
A Note on Terminology: Classical Liberalism
The Idea of a Free Society
Freedom of Religion: John Locke (1632 – 1704)
The Free Market: Adam Smith (1723 – 1790)
Freedom of Speech: John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873)
The Wisdom of Experience: Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
Proving Darwin
The Philosophy of Conservatism, Course with Roger Scruton
Overview
Freedom
Law
Justice
Culture
Hegel and Pre-Political Order
Burke and Political Epistemology
Scepticism and Political Order
Sex
Ends, Means and Oakeshott
Constitutions
Some Conclusions
Topics That Should Also Be Discussed
Appendix: Hayek and Conservatism
Liberalism and Catholicism in the Public Square, Lecture by Robert George
Why Richard Dawkins Should Read Plato
Justice
Is Social Justice Just?, Lecture by T. Patrick Burke
The Just War, Paper by Thomas Patrick Burke
Mr. Obama's Noble Prize, Note from Wynnewood
The Conflict Between Ornidary Justice and "Social Justice"
The Free Society
Coercive and Peaceful Discrimination, Lecture by T. Patrick Burke
Coercive and Peaceful Discrimination, Wynnewood Note by Thomas Patrick Burke
Do Americans Respect Our Constitution? by Walter Williams
Obamacare
School Choice, Wynnewood Note
Self-Defense in Great Britain
The Concept of Citizenship, Wynnewood Note by T. Patrick Burke
Why Do We Have a Constitution?
Culture
Beauty and Its Modes, Course with Roger Scruton
The Judgement of Beauty
Taste and Order
Form and Expression
The Place of Beauty
Two Sexes
Why Do So Many People No Longer Go To Church?
Why Get Married?
History
The New Deal in Perspective, by Amity Shlaes
Immigration and the Fall of Rome
Economics
Dunkleberg Notes on the Economy
Notes on the Economy Archive
April 24, 2008
Competing with Handicaps
December 25, 2010
December 29, 2008
December, 2010
February 22, 2011
July 29, 2009
June 30, 2008
June 4, 2008
March 10, 2009
March 26, 2009
March 4, 2008
May 22, 2009
May 7, 2010
Oct 14, 2010
Sept 17, 2009
Inflation or Deflation? by Ulrich Kortsch
Putting Patients First, transcript of lecture by Robert Moffit
Why Can't We Fix the Tax Code? article by Daniel J. Mitchell
The Globe
The Defense of the West: How to Begin, Lecture by Roger Scruton
Georgia and Russia, Wynnewood Note
Islam
The Christian Response to Islam, by Thomas Patrick Burke
Right and Wrong in Islam, Wynnewood Note
Video
Public Lectures
M. Stanton Evans video: Senator Joe McCarthy: Blacklisted by History
Thomas Patrick Burke video: Is "Social Justice" Just?
Robert Moffit video: Reforming America's Health Care System
Amity Shlaes video: How Election 1936 Gave Us Election 2008
Victor Davis Hanson video: Iraqi Ironies
Tim Kane video: Globalization, Employment and Outsourcing
C. John Sommerville video: The Decline of the Secular University
Harvey Mansfield: Manliness
Neal McCluskey video: Privatizing Education
Richard Epstein video: Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws
Walter E. Williams video: The Role of Government in a Free Society
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