The Four Corners of Liberalism (w/ Emily Chamlee-Wright)

February 01, 2023 00:55:58
The Four Corners of Liberalism (w/ Emily Chamlee-Wright)
ReImagining Liberty
The Four Corners of Liberalism (w/ Emily Chamlee-Wright)

Feb 01 2023 | 00:55:58

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Show Notes

This is a show about liberalism, but liberalism is a bit of a contested term, slippery, evolving, and claimed by lots of people with rather diverse views about what it means.


My guest offers a helpful framework for clarifying what liberalism is by dividing it in what she's called "The Four Corners of Liberalism": related and overlaping, but still distinct, approaches to the the liberal idea.


Emily Chamlee-Wright, the president and CEO of the Institute for Humane Studies, has made a career of defending the liberal tradition, and her insights in our conversation help clarify what liberalism is and how we should approach and respond to those who would seek to overturn it.


ReImagining Liberty is a project of The UnPopulist, and is produced by Landry Ayres. Podcast art by Sergio R. M. Duarte.


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