This was really good! One quibble: I’m not sure it’s fair to say that the nationalists are following in the tradition of Burke. Burke could be characterized as a classical liberal and supported such things as free trade (against mercantilism) and the rule of law (“value neutral” process). He was a Whig, not a Tory.
“ the Nat Cons like Hazony don't actually agree with Burke, they're just using his name. Wouldn't be the first time Yoram Hazony played fast and loose with facts in the name of his agenda.”
Haha, oh man, exactly! I have thought precisely the same thing.
This was really great! The only thing I would add in Section III (since that's the only section I know enough about to comment on) is what I would call the 'addiction distinction'.
Latter-Day Saints have a long history of breaking with classical liberals (at least the modern iteration) when it comes to regulating activities that directly and substantively decrease one's agency.
Three examples include alcohol (see the strong support of prohibition by past faith leaders, as well as the Church's current support of Utah's restrictive alcohol laws), marijuana (see Church statement opposing the legalization of marijuana in California), and pornography ("Church members should avoid all forms of pornographic material and oppose its production, dissemination, and use", General Handbook, 38.6.13).
This distinction probably falls under the third principle in the quote by President Benson that we should oppose "enslavement of another" given that partaking of a highly addictive substance is analogous to voluntarily submitting to one's own future enslavement.
This was really good! One quibble: I’m not sure it’s fair to say that the nationalists are following in the tradition of Burke. Burke could be characterized as a classical liberal and supported such things as free trade (against mercantilism) and the rule of law (“value neutral” process). He was a Whig, not a Tory.
“ the Nat Cons like Hazony don't actually agree with Burke, they're just using his name. Wouldn't be the first time Yoram Hazony played fast and loose with facts in the name of his agenda.”
Haha, oh man, exactly! I have thought precisely the same thing.
This was really great! The only thing I would add in Section III (since that's the only section I know enough about to comment on) is what I would call the 'addiction distinction'.
Latter-Day Saints have a long history of breaking with classical liberals (at least the modern iteration) when it comes to regulating activities that directly and substantively decrease one's agency.
Three examples include alcohol (see the strong support of prohibition by past faith leaders, as well as the Church's current support of Utah's restrictive alcohol laws), marijuana (see Church statement opposing the legalization of marijuana in California), and pornography ("Church members should avoid all forms of pornographic material and oppose its production, dissemination, and use", General Handbook, 38.6.13).
This distinction probably falls under the third principle in the quote by President Benson that we should oppose "enslavement of another" given that partaking of a highly addictive substance is analogous to voluntarily submitting to one's own future enslavement.