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Voting and the Practice of Liberal Virtue

Voting and the Practice of Liberal Virtue

Voting matters even if your vote isn't counted.

Oct 23, 2018
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I find that liberals dislike talking about virtue, probably because talking about virtue, in a context including conservatives, makes them sound conservative.

I think we should get over that. For one thing, conservatism depends on liberalism. The former can’t exist without the latter, because without liberalism, conservatism isn’t conservative anymore—i…

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