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The Defense of the West: How to Begin

April 12th, 2005

Roger Scruton

Ph.D., Philosopher

Learn more about Roger Scruton.

In his inaugural Wynnewood lecture, Roger Scruton, the leading conservative philosopher of the English-speaking world, argued that the first step in defending the West against its enemies abroad and at home is to understand the identity of Western civilization and to affirm it.

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      • Freedom and Tradition
      • Proving Darwin
      • The Philosophy of Conservatism 
      • Liberalism and Catholicism in the Public Square
      • Why Richard Dawking Should Read Plato
    • Justice
      • Is Social Justice Just?
      • The Just War
      • Mr. Obama’s Nobel Prize
      • The Conflict Between Ordinary Justice and “Social Justice”
    • The Free Society
      • Coercive and Peaceful Discrimination: Lecture
      • Coercive and Peaceful Discrimination: Note
      • Do Americans Respect Our Constitution?
      • Obamacare
      • School Choice
      • Self-Defense in Great Britain
      • The Concept of Citizenship
      • Why Do We Have a Constitution?
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      • Two Sexes
      • Why Do So Many People No Longer Go to Church?
      • Why Get Married?
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      • The New Deal in Perspective
      • Immigration and the Fall of Rome
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      • Dunkleberg Notes on the Economy
      • Inflation or Deflation?
      • Putting Patients First 
      • Why Can’t We Fix the Tax Code?
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      • The Defense of the West: How to Begin
      • Georgia and Russia
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