Reality Check or Dream On? Debating Idealism vs. Realism
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Better to be a realist or an idealist? Economists and political scientists often stress a view of how the world is rather than what it ought to be. But how should we as individuals view our world and the people inhabiting it? Enoch and Tim discuss the merits of both perspectives as they think through when we should choose to be realists and when is it better to be idealists.
Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.
Recording Date: 17 June 2024
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