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| − | [[Image:65375.jpg|right|thumb| | + | [[Image:65375.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The ''[[Stanford]] Encylopedia of [[Philosophy]]'' says about [[David Hume]]: "Although many of Hume's own contemporaries were happy to label Hume an '[[atheism|atheist]]', our own contemporaries are more divided on this issue."<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10</ref> ]] |
In the United States, atheists are a small faction of the political right.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> Since the 1960s/1970s, the was a significant trend of religious conservatives becoming [[Republican]]s.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> | In the United States, atheists are a small faction of the political right.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> Since the 1960s/1970s, the was a significant trend of religious conservatives becoming [[Republican]]s.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> | ||
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The Stanford Encylopedia of Philosophy says about David Hume: "Although many of Hume's own contemporaries were happy to label Hume an 'atheist', our own contemporaries are more divided on this issue."[1]
In the United States, atheists are a small faction of the political right.[2] Since the 1960s/1970s, the was a significant trend of religious conservatives becoming Republicans.[3]
As far as politically center of right atheists/agnostics, there is a stronger wing of the right of center politics in the United Kingdom, with famous adherents such as David Hume and Reginald Johnston,[4] and Tory MP Michael Portillo.
In South Korea, the Head of the conservative party was an atheist while he was running against a Roman-Catholic liberal.[5]
Atheism and libertarianism
According to the Ludwig von Mises Institute, most libertarians at the present time are atheists.[6] Ayn Rand was a libertarian and atheist.
The Ludwig von Mises Institute also declares:
| “ | There are many libertarians who are theists, Jewish or Christian. Among the classical-liberal forebears of modern libertarianism in a more religious age there were a myriad of Christians: from John Lilburne, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and John Locke in the 17th century, down to Cobden and Bright, Frédéric Bastiat and the French laissez-faire liberals, and the great Lord Acton.[7] | ” |
Both Ron Paul and Rand Paul are religious libertarians.
List of politically right of center atheists/agnostics
- Jennifer Rubin, columnist and blogger
- Heather Mac Donald, commentator and journalist
- Charles C. W. Cooke, writer for National Review
- George Will, columnist and commentator ("Low voltage atheist"/agnostic)[8]
- Walter K. Olson, tort reform advocate and author
- Charles Krauthammer (agnostic)
- James Taranto, journalist and columnist
- Allahpundit, blogger
- Greg Gutfeld, commentator (agnostic)
- S.E. Cupp, commentator
- Amy Holmes, commentator
- Niall Ferguson, historian and columnist
- Carrie Sheffield, commentator and journalist
- ↑ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10
- ↑ A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives by MARK OPPENHEIMER, New York Times, 2011
- ↑ A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives by MARK OPPENHEIMER, New York Times, 2011
- ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990623/debtext/90623-40.htm
- ↑ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/12/conservative-atheists-not-rare-in-south-korea/
- ↑ Myth and Truth About Libertarianism, Mises Daily
- ↑ Myth and Truth About Libertarianism, Mises Daily
- ↑ George Will: I Am a 'Low-Voltage Atheist'