Friedrich Hayek · Economics
Hayek’s final, sweeping argument that the deepest error of modern politics is the overconfidence of reason - the belief that we can consciously design a society better than evolved tradition.
You learned that Hayek attacked ‘constructivist rationalism.’ Explain what intellectual error he meant, and the strongest objection that it counsels passivity, in your own words.
Leads to Karl Popper.
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