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A Conflict of Visions

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What’s it about?

Thomas Sowell reveals that political conflicts stem not from facts but from two opposing visions of human nature, knowledge, and society—the constrained and the unconstrained.

You’ll learn

  • Two visions shape all political thought
  • Constrained vision: limits of reason
  • Unconstrained vision: faith in reason
  • Visions determine policy and justice