50 Books like Whose Justice? Which Rationality?

Natural Goodness

by Philippa Foot • 2001

Moral defect works like a slow deer: your species' nature sets the standard.

3.94

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Natural Goodness 95%

Moral defect works like a slow deer: your species' nature sets the standard.

by Philippa Foot 2001

3.94

442 ratings

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Medieval Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2005

For a thousand years, philosophy was one long attempt to reconcile reason with revelation.

3.80

284

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Medieval Philosophy 95%

For a thousand years, philosophy was one long attempt to reconcile reason with revelation.

by Anthony Kenny 2005

3.80

284 ratings

📚 Scholasticism ⛪ Faith And Reason 🔭 Metaphysics 🔓 Free Will ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

St. Thomas Aquinas

by G.K. Chesterton • 1923

A friar's proof: the senses are holy, common sense leads to truth, Aristotle walks with saints.

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📜 Thomism 🏛️ Scholasticism 🤝 Faith And Reason 🔬 Natural Theology 🇬🇷 Aristotelian Philosophy

St. Thomas Aquinas 95%

A friar's proof: the senses are holy, common sense leads to truth, Aristotle walks with saints.

by G.K. Chesterton 1923

4.01

12k+ ratings

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Happiness and Contemplation

by Josef Pieper • 1957

We were made for contemplation: everything else, from work to politics, is just preparation.

4.45

248

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Happiness and Contemplation 94%

We were made for contemplation: everything else, from work to politics, is just preparation.

by Josef Pieper 1957

4.45

248 ratings

🏛️ Thomism 🙏 Christian Contemplation 📖 Philosophical Theology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🏺 Ancient Wisdom

The Consequences of Ideas

by R.C. Sproul • 1988

Philosophy's stark choice: Kant's closed door or Aquinas's open one. Fallout, from Thales to Sartre.

4.18

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The Consequences of Ideas 94%

Philosophy's stark choice: Kant's closed door or Aquinas's open one. Fallout, from Thales to Sartre.

by R.C. Sproul 1988

4.18

2k+ ratings

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The Abolition of Man

by C.S. Lewis • 1943

The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.

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The Abolition of Man 94%

The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.

by C.S. Lewis 1943

4.12

42k+ ratings

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Alasdair Macintyre

by Peter McMylor • 1991

Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.

2.90

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Alasdair Macintyre 93%

Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.

by Peter McMylor 1991

2.90

10 ratings

🧭 Virtue Ethics 🏘️ Communitarianism 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 💡 Enlightenment Critique 📋 Managerialism

The Theological Origins of Modernity

by Michael Allen Gillespie • 2008

The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.

4.23

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The Theological Origins of Modernity Summary

The Theological Origins of Modernity 93%

The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.

by Michael Allen Gillespie 2008

4.23

270 ratings

📜 Intellectual History ⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Medieval Philosophy 🤔 Faith And Reason 📖 Scholasticism

Back to Virtue

by Peter Kreeft • 1986

Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.

4.29

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Back to Virtue 93%

Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.

by Peter Kreeft 1986

4.29

861 ratings

🏛️ Virtue Ethics 📜 Moral Theology 🐍 Seven Deadly Sins 🕊️ Beatitudes ⚖️ Cardinal Virtues

The Quest for a Moral Compass

by Kenan Malik • 2014

Every civilization searched for right and wrong. None of them arrived at the same place.

4.14

530

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The Quest for a Moral Compass 93%

Every civilization searched for right and wrong. None of them arrived at the same place.

by Kenan Malik 2014

4.14

530 ratings

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The Myth of the State

by Ernst Cassirer • 1946

The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.

3.90

209

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The Myth of the State 93%

The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.

by Ernst Cassirer 1946

3.90

209 ratings

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Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

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Buddhism 93%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Aristotle

by John Sellars • 2023

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

3.95

232

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Aristotle 93%

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

by John Sellars 2023

3.95

232 ratings

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The Stillborn God

by Mark Lilla • 2007

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

3.60

289

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The Stillborn God 93%

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

by Mark Lilla 2007

3.60

289 ratings

⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Secularization 🇩🇪 German Philosophy ✝️ Christian Thought 💡 Enlightenment Critique

Jag är Zlatan

by Zlatan Ibrahimović • 2011

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

3.86

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Jag är Zlatan 93%

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

by Zlatan Ibrahimović 2011

3.86

19k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy 🧠 Epistemology 🎯 Virtue Ethics

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

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Ideas Have Consequences 92%

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

4.13

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The Lost History of Liberalism

by Helena Rosenblatt • 2018

Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.

4.04

448

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The Lost History of Liberalism 92%

Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.

by Helena Rosenblatt 2018

4.04

448 ratings

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Justice

by Michael J. Sandel • 2007

Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.

4.30

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Justice 92%

Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.

by Michael J. Sandel 2007

4.30

28k+ ratings

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Fearless

by Max Lucado • 2009

Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.

4.16

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Fearless 92%

Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.

by Max Lucado 2009

4.16

13k+ ratings

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What Can Aristotle Do For You?

by Edith Hall • 2018

From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.

3.68

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What Can Aristotle Do For You? 92%

From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.

by Edith Hall 2018

3.68

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Aristotle's "Best Regime"

by Clifford Angell Bates Jr. • 2002

Aristotle's buried argument: democracy beats kingship when collective wisdom meets law's restraint.

4.80

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Aristotle's "Best Regime" 92%

Aristotle's buried argument: democracy beats kingship when collective wisdom meets law's restraint.

by Clifford Angell Bates Jr. 2002

4.80

5 ratings

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Ancient Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2004

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

3.95

580

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Ancient Philosophy 92%

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

by Anthony Kenny 2004

3.95

580 ratings

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Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy

by Rawls • 2007

How Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Marx each tried to solve the problem of political legitimacy.

4.15

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Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary

Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy 92%

How Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Marx each tried to solve the problem of political legitimacy.

by Rawls 2007

4.15

289 ratings

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50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know

by Ben Dupré • 2013

50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.

3.83

121

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50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary

50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know 92%

50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.

by Ben Dupré 2013

3.83

121 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ⚖️ Applied Ethics 📖 Philosophy Primer 🎓 Ethical Theories 🧬 Bioethics

Why Liberalism Failed

by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

3.84

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

Why Liberalism Failed 92%

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

by Patrick J. Deneen 2018

3.84

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

Cynicism

by Ansgar Allen • 2014

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

3.71

146

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy 💬 Social Critique 🔄 Value Subversion

Cynicism 92%

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

by Ansgar Allen 2014

3.71

146 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy 💬 Social Critique 🔄 Value Subversion

The Quest for Character

by Massimo Pigliucci • 2022

Socrates couldn't make Alcibiades virtuous. Their failure explains why good leaders are so rare.

3.97

242

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The Quest for Character 92%

Socrates couldn't make Alcibiades virtuous. Their failure explains why good leaders are so rare.

by Massimo Pigliucci 2022

3.97

242 ratings

🎯 Virtue Ethics ⚡ Modern Stoicism 📜 Political Philosophy 🫡 Ethical Leadership 🌱 Character Development

How to Save the West

by Spencer Klavan • 2023

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

4.27

468

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy 👤 Embodiment 🔬 Science And Faith

How to Save the West 92%

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

by Spencer Klavan 2023

4.27

468 ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy 👤 Embodiment 🔬 Science And Faith

Liberalism and Its Discontents

by Francis Fukuyama • 2022

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

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Liberalism and Its Discontents 92%

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

by Francis Fukuyama 2022

3.90

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The Intellectual Life

by Antonin Sertillanges • 1921

Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.

4.41

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🧠 Life Of The Mind ✝️ Catholic Intellectual Tradition 📜 Thomism 🎯 Intellectual Discipline 🎨 Creative Habit

The Intellectual Life 92%

Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.

by Antonin Sertillanges 1921

4.41

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The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

by Ernst Cassirer • 1932

The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.

4.11

258

💡 Intellectual History 🌅 Enlightenment Studies 🏛️ Western Philosophy 🔬 Scientific Revolution ⚖️ Natural Law Theory

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment Summary

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment 92%

The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.

by Ernst Cassirer 1932

4.11

258 ratings

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Liberty for All

by Andrew T. Walker • 2021

Only God judges souls, so the state cannot punish unbelief. That logic grounds real pluralism.

3.92

141

🏛️ Political Theology 🕊️ Religious Liberty ⚖️ Christian Ethics 🌐 Religious Pluralism 🏙️ Secularism

Liberty for All 92%

Only God judges souls, so the state cannot punish unbelief. That logic grounds real pluralism.

by Andrew T. Walker 2021

3.92

141 ratings

🏛️ Political Theology 🕊️ Religious Liberty ⚖️ Christian Ethics 🌐 Religious Pluralism 🏙️ Secularism

The Art of Living

by John Sellars • 2003

Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.

4.09

🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life 🏛️ Ancient Stoicism 🧘 Spiritual Exercises 💊 Philosophical Therapy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

The Art of Living 92%

Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.

by John Sellars 2003

4.09

75 ratings

🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life 🏛️ Ancient Stoicism 🧘 Spiritual Exercises 💊 Philosophical Therapy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Practical Theology

by Peter Kreeft • 2014

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

4.52

210

🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction 💡 Faith And Reason ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Practical Theology 92%

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

by Peter Kreeft 2014

4.52

210 ratings

🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction 💡 Faith And Reason ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Practical Wisdom

by Barry Schwartz • 2010

Rules and incentives are making professionals worse at their jobs. Aristotle knew the fix.

3.70

816

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Practical Wisdom 92%

Rules and incentives are making professionals worse at their jobs. Aristotle knew the fix.

by Barry Schwartz 2010

3.70

816 ratings

🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Professional Ethics 🏢 Institutional Critique 🔨 Philosophy Of Work

The Story of Philosophy

by Will Durant • 1991

Philosophy's greatest minds, from Plato to Dewey, on the one question science cannot answer.

4.15

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The Story of Philosophy 91%

Philosophy's greatest minds, from Plato to Dewey, on the one question science cannot answer.

by Will Durant 1991

4.15

18k+ ratings

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Stoicism

by John Sellars • 2006

Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.

4.12

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Stoicism 91%

Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.

by John Sellars 2006

4.12

457 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🏺 Classical Studies ⚖️ Stoic Ethics 🪨 Materialist Philosophy

Awake, Not Woke

by Noelle Mering • 2021

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

4.30

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Awake, Not Woke 91%

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

by Noelle Mering 2021

4.30

676 ratings

🧭 Political Theology 🏛️ Catholic Social Teaching ⚖️ Woke Critique 💍 Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law

The Crisis of the Modern World

by René Guénon • 1927

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

4.09

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The Crisis of the Modern World 91%

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

by René Guénon 1927

4.09

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History 🧘 Eastern Metaphysics 🕯️ Contemplation And Action

Graven Images

by Dietrich von Hildebrand • 1957

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

4.17

🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

Graven Images 91%

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

by Dietrich von Hildebrand 1957

4.17

12 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

Panentheism

by John W. Cooper • 2006

Western thought's rival God contains the world instead of transcending it, from Plato to today.

4.23

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Panentheism 91%

Western thought's rival God contains the world instead of transcending it, from Plato to today.

by John W. Cooper 2006

4.23

48 ratings

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The Case for Christian Nationalism

by Stephen Wolfe • 2022

Secularism has failed; the repair is a government that orders all law and culture toward Christ.

3.56

638

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The Case for Christian Nationalism Summary

The Case for Christian Nationalism 91%

Secularism has failed; the repair is a government that orders all law and culture toward Christ.

by Stephen Wolfe 2022

3.56

638 ratings

🏛️ Political Theology ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚖️ Natural Law Theory ⛪ Church And State 🕊️ Civil Religion

Lives of the Stoics

by Ryan Holiday • 2020

Shipwreck, slavery, and empire: the Stoic art of living, taught by the lives that forged it.

4.03

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Lives of the Stoics 91%

Shipwreck, slavery, and empire: the Stoic art of living, taught by the lives that forged it.

by Ryan Holiday 2020

4.03

8k+ ratings

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Critique of Practical Reason

by Immanuel Kant • 1788

Morality comes from reason alone, not feelings or consequences; through it we discover our freedom.

3.94

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Critique of Practical Reason 91%

Morality comes from reason alone, not feelings or consequences; through it we discover our freedom.

by Immanuel Kant 1788

3.94

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Life Worth Living

by Miroslav Volf • 2023

Chasing happiness misses the point. The deeper question: what makes a life actually matter.

3.68

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Life Worth Living 91%

Chasing happiness misses the point. The deeper question: what makes a life actually matter.

by Miroslav Volf 2023

3.68

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments

by Adam Smith • 1759

Before he explained markets, Adam Smith explained why you want a promotion more than a full pantry.

4.06

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments 91%

Before he explained markets, Adam Smith explained why you want a promotion more than a full pantry.

by Adam Smith 1759

4.06

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The Servile State

by Hilaire Belloc • 1912

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

3.96

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The Servile State 91%

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

by Hilaire Belloc 1912

3.96

659 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 💰 Capitalism Critique 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique

Liberty and Tyranny

by Mark R. Levin • 2004

The Constitution was not repealed, it was reinterpreted: the conservative case for reversal.

4.17

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by David Kelley • 2018

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4.22

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4.22

46 ratings

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by Ben Shapiro • 2019

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The Right Side of History 91%

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by Ben Shapiro 2019

3.86

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🏰 Traditional Conservatism

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