Roger Scruton - View from Somewhere

Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of hearing philosopher and public intellectual, Roger Scruton, give a lecture at St. Andrews University as part of the 2010 Gifford Lecture Series. Here's a link to the lecture entitled 'View from Somewhere.'

For another perspective on the mind of Scruton, here's a video he did as part of a series for the BBC on the Beauty of Art:


* While shown on public television in Great Britain, this video is not suited for children.

Think

Is law meant to make men good? Or should law liberalize choices where men and women have the choice to make good decisions? Is this what we associate with "freedom"?  Does it have to be either/or?

"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." - G.K. Chesterton