Nature Has a Normative Standard? | Words & Numbers | Ep 526

James and guest co-host Tom Krannawitter try to figure out (and explain) what the normative standard of nature is.

00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
01:08 Trump, the Midterms, and the Future of the Republican Party
06:27 Colorado Republicans and the Changing Conservative Movement
09:42 What Does It Mean to Be a Conservative?
16:02 Aristotle, the American Founding, and the Role of Virtue
18:58 Foolishness of the Week: Mike Johnson and the $5,000 Checks
21:46 The New Deal, Government Spending, and Buying Votes
26:57 Why Culture Matters More Than Politics
30:13 The Normative Standard of Nature
32:50 Natural Law, Human Nature, and Right and Wrong
34:41 Aristotle on Virtue and Friendship
38:46 Can Morality Exist Without Religion?
40:04 Learning from Experience, Age, and Human Nature
44:29 Can Political and Cultural Norms Be Unjust?
46:42 The Declaration of Independence as a Moral Standard
47:54 The Intellectual Origins of American Progressivism
49:05 Hegel, John C. Calhoun, and the Rejection of Natural Rights
50:33 How the German Model Transformed American Education
52:56 Progressivism and the Rejection of Nature

Guest
Thomas Krannawitter, Ph.D.
President of waypointsteaching.com

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