Finding Meaning In Liberalism (w/ Akiva Malamet)

Today’s conversation is a companion to our prior episode. I’m joined again by , managing editor of .

Last time we talked about identity within liberalism. Now we turn to meaning. Everyone wants to lead a meaningful life, but one of the critiques of liberalism is that a liberal society takes away traditional sources of meaning, and so leaves its citizens feeling detached, either unable to find meaning, or seeking it in frivolous, and so ultimately unmeaningful, pursuits. How compelling is this objection? And what should we, as liberals, do about it?

Podcast art by Sergio R. M. Duarte. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

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