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The Importance of Conservatism in American Politics
The lines between secular and sacred authority were blurry before the enlightenment. Those on the right wing of liberalism wanted to have clear lanes for different institutions, he says. The state is there to do the things the state is justly and lawfully prepared to do - nothing else. There's a lot of room for social conservatism in classical liberalism -- but not if it doesn't conserve liberal ideals.