What Is the Difference Between Good and Bad Choices?

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In your book, you argue that we've become more detached from nature. You also talk about the importance of smaller communities living closer to to the land. How does this fit in with a classical understanding of human beings? i think it's deeply connected to the idea that human beings have a nature and therefore there is a way in which we can live that accords with our nature," he says.

Political Scientist and author Patrick Deneen of the University of Notre Dame talks about his book Why Liberalism Failed with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. By liberalism, Deneen means the modern enterprise--the push for self-actualization free of the constraints of tradition, family, and religion that typifies modern culture. He argues that both the left and the right have empowered the state and reduced liberty. He argues for a smaller, more local, more artisanal economy and a return to the virtues of self-control and self-mastery.