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rest rain tsof any ki nd whatso eve r.For the se lib ertin es of mo der nso cie ty ,ev en the lig ht rest riction sof con tem por arypagan cus tom are unbea rab lyhe av y. Th en we have int ell ect ual "Libe rals." These "t hin k" thatthe rec ogn itio n of a suprahuman powe r is a vio lati on of the "in teg rit y"of the indiv idu al.Th ey de sir e abo ve all to be fr ee from any for ce out sid e themse lvesor, at lea st, ou tsid etha t va gu ely sen timent al ide al kno wn as "hum anity ." The mo der n int elle ctu al"L ibe ral "dem and s the rig ht to be the sol e mas ter of hi s fat e and to ha ve no captain of hi s sou l oth er than hi s own un fet ter ed will . Ro sal indMu rra y hasbri llia ntlydes cri bed this typ e in Th e Go od Pag ans Fa ilu re. Sh e finds the pe rfe ct embod ime nt of the inte llec tua l "Li be ra l" in the typ e of moder n un ive rsity pro fes sor wh o str ive s to ex ce l in urb ani ty, "sc ho lar sh ip"and complet e rel ian ce on hi s own power of int elle ct. 2 It mi gh t be ar gued tha t the re wa s no great dis tin ction be tween inte llec tua l "Li b­ era ls" an d re lig ious an d mor al "Libe rals." Th is obj ect ionis no t inv ali d. On the oth er hand, no t all re lig ious andmo ral "L ibe ral s" i ts ever. F t es o n ty, e ricti s rary rably y. tual rals. i " that ition an t rity" i dividual. T e tside s lves , e el e tal l anity." n t al i l" s tered . li y has lli ntly e an's il re. ct i ent ll t al "Liberal" i rsity f s r i s l ity, l rship" e i ce l ct. 2 t i ction e t l "Lib- l li io s l rals. i tion lid. li io s and i rals" ,

are inte llect uals . To attempt a revo lt ag ain st God doe s not require a Ph .D . deg ree or the ab ilit y to compos e scholar lyessa ys .' Ec ono mic "L ibe ral s"con stit ute the thi rd ma in div isio n. Th is gro up see ks fre edom from gov ernmen tal rest rain t of privat e ent erp rise. Ano ther name for them is laisse z- faire "L ibe ral s," wh ich sim ply me an s, "Govern ment, ple ase lea ve us alo ne ." Eco nom ic libe rali sm ach iev ed its grea t­ est promin enc edurin g the forma tive yea rs of moder n cap ital ist so cie ty . Eve n tod ay, howe ver , some rug ged ly ind ividu alisti c bus ine ssm en,as well as some tra de- un ion leader s,still bel iev etha t thi s extr eme"phil­ oso ph y" of indu stry and comme rce is the on ly solu tion to cont empor aryworl d af fa irs . Mod ern pol itical libe ralism cam e int o be ing as a form of pro test ag ain st the ex ces sesof eco nom ic libe ral ism . Si nce polit­ ica l "Li berals" reg ard their cheri she dgo al of rest rain t of pri vil ege as vir tua lly un­ ach iev ab leunle ss gov ernmentcontro ls the fin an cia lgia nts of cap ita lism,many pol iti­ ca l "L ibe ral s" harb or va ry ing de gr ees of sym pat hy for some kin d of soc ial ism or col lec tiv ism. We mus t nev er for get , howe ver , tha t it is no t abs olut ely nec ess ary for a po liti cal "L ibe ral "to bec ome a So cia list. Pr ov ided he bas es his prog ram of soc ial ref orm upon a sou nd phi loso phyof ma n and see ks leg iti­ 2 Rosa lind Murray, The Goo d Pagan 's Fai lure (New York : Longm ans, Gree n, 19 48 ). The the sis of this extra ordin arily enl igh ten ingbook is that only the total Chri stian can mee t the cha llen geof the total barba rian as exe mp lifi ed in Hitl er and Sta lin. Th e "good pagan" or cult ured moder n "Lib eral, " on the othe r han d, stan ds conf used and helpless as he se es his cher ishe d earthb ound values swep t awa y in the tumu lt of 20th-ce ntury revo lutio n. For him the contemporary world becomes ,perfo rce, a dism al prosp ect of ever-n arrow ing horizons. ' Enl ight enin gmaterial on some inte llec tua l"Lib­ eral s" can be found in Chap ter 7, "S tali n's Entry into Educ ation, " of Loui s Fra ncis Bu- denz' s The Cr y Is Pea ce (Ch icago: Reg ner y, 19 52 ). 37 uals. To st . . ili y e scholarly ys. 3 ic i rals" c te i i i n. i tal t e rise. z i i rals," i l s, e t, ." ic lis i ed - i ence i g tive s list ty. , r, ly i i alistic ss en, -union s, i e tre e - y" rce l i rary irs. iti l i g st s ic liberali m. polit- l l i ed i t vilege l y - i able ent l cial g it li , - l i ral " i g e s thy lis ti is . t, r, it tely ary cal i ral" e list. i ed h l l y i• 2 li fo ' l1t : , , ). i i arily te ing l ge i lified l . t m l ! i d l i n. , c , l el ing 3 i ening l t al - 's i ci ' i : y, ). ll

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