Aired Sunday, September 22, at 11:30 AM on KERA, Channel 13, PBS Dallas
What is a Classical Liberal…and why is that important today?
Joining Host Dennis McCuistion is Richard A. Epstein, Tisch Professor of Law at New York University, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
In a world of polarized political parties and dissatisfied citizens from across the political spectrum, it is sometimes hard for a person to know, not just how to “categorize” others politically, but how to understand their own beliefs. Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Green Party, independents, conservatives, liberals, progressives….all these terms mean different things to different people.
The important thing today though is how each person views government and the political process, whether different philosophical positions were responsible for what became the United States of America….and why citizens in general would be well served by understanding how the classical liberal tradition, with its roots in the 17th and 18th centuries, might well be a better way to view the political process.
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