Tag: John Locke
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Conservatives in Liberals’ Clothing
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn opinion published Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal argues that there is nothing surprising about Trump era populism. It is a natural consequence of liberal democracy. This is a strange argument considering the fact that the same article portrays conservatives and their populist supporters as representatives of the liberal tradition. The…
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Adam and Eve’s Bargain Wedding
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBefore I go on I want to discuss a statement I made previously in which I said the story of Adam and Eve is used to justify marriage without compensation for women. If you consider the theological implications of the Fall you might see a possible problem with my theory. On…