Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

Not so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr. believed universities were worth fighting for. Today, conservatives seem more inclined to burn them down. In Let's Be Reasonable, conservative political theorist and professor Jonathan Marks finds in liberal education an antidote to this despair, arguing that the true purpose of college is to encourage people to be reasonable.



Drawing on the ideas of John Locke and other thinkers, Marks presents the case for why, now ...