Rationalism and "the Founding" of America
May 7, 2008 | Jack KerwickNeo-conservatives aren't the only ones who drew philosophical sustenance from the liberal rationalist assumptions embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
Neo-conservatives aren't the only ones who drew philosophical sustenance from the liberal rationalist assumptions embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
An examination of the formal assumptions behind each school of conservate thought reveals that they are logically incompatible with one another.