Patrick Deneen on Why Liberalism Failed
EconTalk
00:00
Self Control - Isn't That My Responsibility?
Many of us wish we used, i quote, a little bit less, or wish we ate a little bit more. And isn't that the way we want our culture to evolve, to allow those kind of natural impulses? Isn't that my responsibility, that self control? Why would i want that coming from outside me in any dimension? Wellt it seems to me thats a core assumption of liberalism, is the idea of the self making self. I think this is fundamentally a false understanding of the human person.
Transcript
Play full episode
