Intellectual class cowardice: Dr. Anthony Daniels (a.k.a. “Theodore Dalrymple”)

About this episode

Dr. Anthony Daniels discusses the challenges of modern intellectual evasions regarding societal issues.

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Anthony Daniels challenges modern evasions around poverty, addiction, psychiatry, emotion, meritocracy, and prejudice. Drawing from medicine, prisons, and travel, he argues that civilization depends on judgment, responsibility, restraint, and the courage to say aloud truths ordinary people often recognize but intellectual elites prefer to avoid, deny, or soften...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Randall Bock

Guest: Dr. Anthony Daniels

Topics covered

• poverty
• addiction
• psychiatry
• emotion
• meritocracy
• prejudice

Keywords

• intellectual cowardice
• civilization
• judgment
• responsibility
• truths
• elites
• addiction
• psychiatry

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Theodore Dalrymple

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