True Liberalism
31 May 2007
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
George Will's eloquent "Case for Conservatism" (May 31) really is the case for liberalism - the liberalism of Adam Smith, Turgot, Madison, Mencken, and Hayek. This true liberalism has at its core a genuine respect individual autonomy. It rejects as a dangerous delusion the belief in salvation by Great Leaders or Big Plans. True liberals understand that great societies are not constructed according to blueprints. They understand also that our world can never be perfect and that attempts to create heaven on earth inevitably produce hell.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
George Will's eloquent "Case for Conservatism" (May 31) really is the case for liberalism - the liberalism of Adam Smith, Turgot, Madison, Mencken, and Hayek. This true liberalism has at its core a genuine respect individual autonomy. It rejects as a dangerous delusion the belief in salvation by Great Leaders or Big Plans. True liberals understand that great societies are not constructed according to blueprints. They understand also that our world can never be perfect and that attempts to create heaven on earth inevitably produce hell.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Friday January 18, 2008 at 4:58pm