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Wednesday, September 14 - A Look at Conservatism

Based on materials by Roger Scruton  - The conservative British writer and philosopher.

Scruton Chapter 6 (docx)

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instructions for conservatism (docx)

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Wednesday, October 12 - Common Good Constitutionalism

A look at interpreting the constitution through the lens of the common good.

Common Good Constitutionalism Instructions (docx)

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20220819_The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed (pdf)

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20220830_Beyond Originalism (pdf)

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20220830_The Moral Reading of the Constitution (pdf)

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Wednesday, November 9 - The great Experiment

  Has the United States bet on Self Governance Succeeded or Failed?

Preparation for the November 9 Topical Seminar at the Lewes Library at 3 pm (docx)

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Drutman_Great Experiment Review (pdf)

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Mounk_Doom Spiral (pdf)

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Neighborhood as Metaphor (pdf)

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Public Park as Metaphor (pdf)

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Wednesday December 14 - The Grand Inquisitor

  A conversation  about The Grand Inquisitor and Plato's Allegory of the Cave  

Topical Seminars Preparation for December 14, 2022 (pdf)

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Grand Inquisitor (pdf)

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The Testing of Jesus (pdf)

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Wednesday January 11 - Free Speech and Tolerance on Campus

Threats to free speech and ideas and consequences for society

Topical Seminars -Instructons for FREE SPEECH AND TOLERANCE ON CAMPUS (pdf)

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Attachment 1 Repressive Tolerance (pdf)

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Attachment 3 What Is Cancel Culture (pdf)

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Attachmennt 4 Havel- The Greengrocer (pdf)

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Attachment 2 HARPER'S Letter and Rejoinder (pdf)

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Wednesday February 8 - THE SECOND AMENDMENT

 The constitutional foundation of the second amendment 

Instructions for Second Amendment Read First (pdf)

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Appendix 1 One Nation under guns (pdf)

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Appendix 2 The Conservative Case by Bob Barr (pdf)

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Appendix 3 A Supreme Court's justice solution (pdf)

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 8 - THE GOD EQUATION BY MICHIO KAKU

Discussion of text and implications for humanity

Instruction for The God Equation (pdf)

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Wednesday April 12 - Shakespeare Activity

Instructions

Wednesday May 10 - The Administrative State

The Role of the Federal Bureaucracy

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Wednesday june 14 -review of the year

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