num_pages: 304
description: Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.
language: English
title: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
titlecomplete: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
genres: Political Science, Society, Politics, Philosophy, Cultural, Economics, Psychology, Nonfiction, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 3961
publisher: Basic Books