During this year much was taken from Sir Roger Scruton — his reputation, his standing as a public intellectual, his position in the Conservative movement, his peace of mind, his health. But muc...
https://eppc.org/publication/a-year-in-which-much-was-lost-but-more-gained/
The witch-hunting hysteria of Communist Prague has returned with a vengeance, not in Eastern Europe but in Britain, where open inquiry and the presumption of innocence have been, until this momen...
The former head of Britain’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission says he feels gratitude, not resentment, over his ouster as chairman. The post Should I Forgive the Journalist Who ...
https://eppc.org/publication/should-i-forgive-the-journalist-who-got-me-fired/
Architects need to stop aiming for the 'iconic' and focus on everyday beauty. The post Here’s What I Want from Modern Architecture appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center .
https://eppc.org/publication/heres-what-i-want-from-modern-architecture/
From its beginnings in the Bauhaus, architectural modernism has been less an aesthetic experiment than a moral crusade. The post The Fury of the Modernists appeared first on Ethics & Public Po...
If there is hatred in our society, it does not come from ordinary prejudices, such as those that lead rival groups of citizens to treat each other with suspicion; it stems from those who do not s...
https://eppc.org/publication/you-can-hate-me-as-much-as-you-like-its-not-a-crime/
Everyday aesthetic judgment is profoundly rooted in the sense of community, and also forms a part of the collective effort whereby communities are brought into being and maintained in equilibrium...
From no angle does the ostentatious Pompidou Centre fit in with its surroundings, nor did it occur to its architects that it should. The post The Pompidou Centre, Paris’s Great Blemish appea...
https://eppc.org/publication/the-pompidou-centre-pariss-great-blemish/
The pursuit of genius in architecture is what has most contributed to the unstitching of our urban fabric, giving us those buildings in outlandish shapes and unsightly materials that take a chunk...
https://eppc.org/publication/the-threat-of-genius-to-truly-successful-architecture/
Sir Roger Scruton talks to National Review about his latest book and the meaning of conservatism. The post Interview: Sir Roger Scruton on What It Means to Be a Conservative appeared first o...
https://eppc.org/publication/interview-sir-roger-scruton-on-what-it-means-to-be-a-conservative/
Perhaps the principal reason for doubting Mr. Trump’s conservative credentials is that being a creation of social media, he has lost the sense that there is a civilization out there that stands...
https://eppc.org/publication/what-trump-doesnt-get-about-conservatism/
We belong together, liberalism tells us, because we ourselves create the law that governs us, with the aim of freeing and protecting us all. But today's liberals identify with oppositional causes...
https://eppc.org/publication/kant-vs-cant-how-liberals-lost-their-way/