Jul 27, 2020
The Framers, very cognizant of history, sought to frame a constitution that successfully balanced self-government and liberty.
Remembering Roger Scruton
On January 12, 2020, Sir Roger Scruton died after a six-month struggle with cancer. We thought it appropriate to gather some of our contributors to offer reflections on the man and his achievements, and to draw attention to the many appearances he has made in this space. Our three reflections include:
by Helen Dale
Roger Scruton, Sentinel of the West
by Samuel Gregg
The Last Gentleman of the English-Speaking World
by Titus Techera
Sir Roger was also a longtime friend of Law & Liberty, appearing four times on our podcast:
Dismantling the Leftist Academic Complex
Understanding Relational Persons
We were also glad to post this address “Tradition, Culture, and Citizenship” that he delivered at the second meeting of the St. John’s University’s Center for Law and Religion’s Tradition Project.
Finally, Scruton’s works were a regular topic for essays and debate, and some of the best of these essays include the following:
Music and Our Cultural Decline: Roger Scruton’s Conservative Response
by David Corey
Reading the State of Britain with Roger Scruton
by Theodore Dalrymple
by Stephen Presser
by Peter Augustine Lawler
The Functional Anthropologist, Roger Scruton
by Peter Augustine Lawler
Somewhere between Horror and Hope
by Priscilla Jenson
The Conservationism You Can Believe In
by Patrick Allitt
