Join Johnny Burtka and Patrick Deneen as they dive deep into what it means to be a statesman. In this first episode of Daring Greatly, Johnny and Deneen discuss the historical tradition of statesmanship, the relationship between Christianity and politics, and how we can revive classical virtue.
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0:00 Intro
1:15 The danger of power
4:02 What makes a good advisor
8:25 The relationship between the philosopher and the statesman
12:22 Are we bound by our government and its regime?
17:27 Jumping into Aristotle
22:06 Can we separate politics from education?
24:34 The legacy of Christianity and the end of politics
27:27 Reviving our long-term vision
30:25 The formation of the good soul and virtue
37:25 The lack of statesmanship in modern times
38:46 What is the “common good”?
46:45 Is America achieving the common good?
51:45 What can we learn from Cicero?
56:02 The impact of Christianity on politics
1:04:35 Christianity and Machiavelli
1:11:35 The emergence of liberalism
1:14:06 Christianity: private life or public religion?
1:20:08 Building a Christian, conservative foundation
1:27:52 What does the education of a statesman look like
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It isn't priivate life and public religion…Freedom of religion is a Christian necessity, and the government judges by that standard. Hence slavery and bigamy were against the Constitution. Now, you can believe some groups are inferior and you can believe that it should be okay to be a bigamist but in this country founded on Christian principles you cannot have slaves or multiple wives. Prof Deneen is agitating for totalitarianism and doesn't see it. Dietrich von Hildebrand must be remembered on this point :
"Von Hildebrand recounts many stories of academic conferences with Franciscan priests and philosophy professors who “overemphasized the notion of community at the expense of the individual.” Because they were “infected by this collectivistic tendency,” they advocated ideas that deny the fundamental dignity of the human person. These ideas paved the philosophic path for collectivism and, in turn, a justification of anti-Semitism. The small concessions became large compromises. The philosophical rhetoric became physical reality. Eventually, the actions that flowed from the collectivism espoused at these conferences justified sending truckloads of Jews to the gas chambers. It all began with an idea, for which many lived and millions died."
The founders saw that Freedom of Religion is all that keeps the State from being God.
"Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion." —John Adams, in a letter to Benjamin Rush. 1812
"[T]hat the opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty." —Thomas Jefferson, 1779.
"The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man: and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate." —James Madison, 1785.
"Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum." —Samuel Adams, Speech on August 1, 1776.
"While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to Him only in this case are they answerable." —George Washington, in a letter to Benedict Arnold.
"Conscience is the most sacred of all property." —James Madison, 179