Gun Debate: Key Arguments and Issues at Stake
This is not to say that the gun debate ends here for me. It doesn’t. It actually starts here.
Society
Topple the Remaining Lenins
Ukrainians today are more serious about liberal democracy than many Europeans have been for a long time. The traditional values of Europe – self-reliance, self-determination – today are much stronger in the Maidan square than in parts of, say, Greece.
Have No Fear, Conservative Brothers and Sisters!
Here you are – XXI century, modern-day Poland: the smartest minds of the Catholic Church care about preventing the spread of the disease called gender theory, or as they refer to it – gender ideology, as they proclaim it is not compatible with the scientific standards at all.
Where Is Our European Bill of Rights?
We should fight for a European Bill of Rights, which is the European Convention on Human Rights, and declare this to be our minimal standards for the democratic society we are constructing in Europe.
Martial Law or Roundtable?
The Kremlin’s influence has always been a reality. It is naive to negate it.
Is Legal Assisted Suicide a Liberal Concept?
The answer is quite clear: one of the core concepts of any political philosophy which deserves to be called “liberal” is “self-ownership”.
Migration and Integration: Can We Be Successful?
And, last but not least, the virtues of a free and liberal democratic society must be accepted – irrespective of religious or political creed, colour or race. On the other hand: cultural and social specificity and diversity must be respected.
A Liberal View on Populism
That brings me to my main point; the biggest threat to Europe is economic populism. The European debt crisis has proved what should have been clear much earlier.
Three Main Liberal Traditions: Differences, Significance and Implications
Tonight I would like to draw your attention to the classical liberal conception of the human being. For the sake of wider recognition, I would like to refer to British thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume and Adam Smith.
Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech?
Is it true that racism is not so common a problem in Western Europe? Is it better – despite the legal situation – to be gay in Paris than in Warsaw?
