Matthew Spalding on Natural Law and the American Founding, Post-liberalism, and National Conservatism

In This Episode:

• Matthew Spalding, Professor of Constitutional studies at Hillsdale College in Washington D.C., joins the podcast to discuss the first principles and permanent truths that undergird the American Founding
• how critiques from National Conservatives and Post-Liberal Integralists misunderstand classical liberalism and the “American Enlightenment”
• the common ground between Straussians and Kirkians, and the potential for a principled fusion between the once-warring camps in the conservative movement

Texts Mentioned:

• We Still Hold These Truths by Matthew Spalding
• Heritage Guide to the Constitution by Matthew Spalding and David Forte
• Politics by Aristotle

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