📖 Thomas Sowell - A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
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Today’s book is:
A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell’s “extraordinary” explication of the competing visions of human nature lie at the heart of our political conflicts (New York Times)
Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.
You can buy the book here (Amazon link).
It's no good I am going to have to buy this book. I love Thomas Sowell
It is a very difficult book to read. Love Sowell. This specific text follows several aspects of society and how it follows from one’s basic definition of man.