First Things RSS Feed - Christopher Lasch https://www.firstthings.com/author/christopher-lasch en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:16 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/christopher-lasch 60 Conservatism Against Itself https://www.firstthings.com/article/1990/04/conservatism-against-itself https://www.firstthings.com/article/1990/04/conservatism-against-itself Sun, 01 Apr 1990 00:00:00 -0500 The question before us is whether cultural conservatism is compatible with economic liberalism, the political philosophy of capitalism. Since the answer will depend, in the first place, on just what is meant by cultural conservatism, I propose to begin, not with an abstract definition of this term, but with an analysis of the way in which conservative values enter the current controversy about abortion—the best example of the cultural conflict that is polarizing American society.

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