Virtue

Justice and Strategy in Just Statecraft

The term “just statecraft” is a novel but needed term that acknowledges the just war framework’s usefulness, not just for foreign policy but all areas of grand strategy

The Ghettoization of Western Civilization in Universities

As schools like UNC found centers devoted to perspectives other than the left-wing views that dominate universities, the need for such viewpoint diversity is more apparent than ever

The Joker Redemption: A Critical Reappraisal

Though “Joker: Folie à Deux” was negatively received, audiences would do well to reconsider the deeply spiritual elements of the film

Civilizational Ethics Precede National Self-Interest

Calls for America to behave more self-interestedly belie that the definition of national self-interest always depends on a nation’s conception of the Good

Rising Individualism, Declining Western Civilization

Tory MP Danny Kruger sketches a philosophy of history that laments the West’s lost sense of deep community without romanticizing the past

Virtue vs. Relativism and Foreign Policy 

Virtue is a prerequisite to a healthy polity at home, which is in turn necessary for a strong America internationally

Stories After Virtue: Reading As A Moral Enterprise

Alasdair MacIntyre argued that we can only answer the question ‘what am I to do?’ by answering the prior question ‘Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?’

Marriage: The Most Essential Christian Institution

Review of Brad Wilcox’s new book “Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization”

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One End of Learning

Education in a free society is aimed at morally forming men and women of character capable of helping that free society to flourish

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