Tag: Liberalism

22 posts

Out Now: Liberalism's Inner Life

The first episode of The Inner Life of Liberalism podcast.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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May 18, 2026
001: Liberalism's Inner Life

001: Liberalism's Inner Life

An introduction to our Liberal Practice project, why we're launching this show, and what you can expect from future episodes.

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The Inner Life of Liberalism
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May 18, 2026

Two Helpful Essays Illuminating Liberal Practice

Two short Buddhist essays from Thanissaro Bhikkhu on karma as feedback loop, identity as inheritance, and intention as a skill you can practice.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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May 7, 2026

The Inner Life of Liberalism

The practices that make your life better are the same ones that sustain a free society. It's time liberalism took that seriously.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Mar 20, 2026
ReImagining Liberty 098: The Practice and Inner Life of Liberalism (w/ Jason Canon)

ReImagining Liberty 098: The Practice and Inner Life of Liberalism (w/ Jason Canon)

A podcast conversation.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Mar 11, 2026

Liberalism and Sympathetic Joy

Merely tolerating others' happiness isn't enough. A liberal society—and a good person—cultivates genuine delight in it.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Mar 2, 2023

Liberalism, Virtue, and the Crisis of Young Men

Liberals should stop pretending liberalism is value-free, and instead argue that liberal values are better than the alternatives.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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May 6, 2025

The Death of Liberal Optimism?

Has the reactionary right stolen optimism from us?

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Spaghetti Thoughts
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Nov 7, 2024

The Basic Case for Liberalism

Change and diversity are inevitable and good—and our politics should reflect that.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Nov 1, 2024

A Politics of Harmlessness

The first principle of ethics is not causing harm—to others or to ourselves. A liberal politics follows from there.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Oct 29, 2024

“Social Liberalization” in Opposition to “Social Conservatism”

Social liberalization means giving people more freedom—not whatever the left happens to want. A necessary clarification.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Oct 28, 2024

How Demanding is Self-Authorship?

Self-authorship doesn't require constant self-reinvention. It just means your life shouldn't feel like someone else's.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Aug 19, 2024

The Liberal Identity Crisis

How the "Overton Paradox" explains the intra-liberal culture war.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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May 10, 2024

How LEGO Can Teach Us About Meaning In Liberal Societies

A family parable about forging a sense of place and meaning—and what it says about the liberal project.

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Jan 20, 2024

Goodwill, Sympathetic Joy, and Liberalism's Foundations

Mere tolerance is necessary for liberalism to function, but liberalism becomes stronger if we can move beyond it.

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Mar 21, 2023

Introducing Spirit Dance: Reconstructed / Spiritual Practices

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Dec 31, 2022

ReImagining Liberty 002: "Does Political Liberty Require Social Liberalism?"

A podcast conversation with Stephanie Slade

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Aaron Ross Powell
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Apr 6, 2022
ReImagining Liberty 001: How To Be a Better Advocate for Liberty

ReImagining Liberty 001: How To Be a Better Advocate for Liberty

A conversation with Cory Massimino

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Mar 23, 2022

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Emphasized in a temporalized modality, and bringing together elements of our phenomenological and political reflections above, we may specifically unpack the

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The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
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Jul 1, 2019

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The term “political theology” is currently used in a variety of ways in current debate over the place of liberalism amid world crises in politics and It

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May 31, 2016

Review Essay – Peter Sloterdijk on Social Bonds, Freedom, and Religion

The English reception of Peter Sloterdijk has been ambivalent at best, relying largely on hearsay from European interlocutors (Žižek especially) or gossip about

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Mar 9, 2016

The Politics of Fear and the Gospel of Life

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Dec 31, 2007