275:'s "minimal state" unconnected to language, community and history. He further claimed that the anti-racialist ideology did not reflect the real world as it ignored the power of nationalism. Casey gave the cases of Ireland, Israel and African decolonisation as contemporary examples of nationalism and argued that the countries of Europe became more nationalist with more democratisation. Above all, Casey attacked liberalism for its inadequate explanation of the citizen's loyalty to the state because it ignored patriotism and the "continuity of institutions, shared experience, language, custom and kinship" in favour of a "rootless individualism". An article by Casey in
317:), was forced to flee into the jungle along with thousands of others involved in a failed uprising. He sought help from Casey who travelled to the Thai border with a bodyguard and managed to get Khoo-Thwe to England. Khoo-Thwe went on to gain a place at Cambridge University and later wrote an account of the story in his book
231:, Casey attacked this by claiming that the Pope's power did not depend on human characteristics but upon his office. Casey also claimed that "There is no such thing as "moral authority" independent of a precise system of belief. The Pope can have authority only over those who recognise his authority and share his beliefs".
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for removing the requirement of "mischievous intent" in inciting racial hatred. He claimed that the requirement was a safeguard of freedom of speech and that the racial issue was a political issue with the "possibilities and limitations of rational discussion" much like "all other political issues".
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Casey expressed his conservative philosophy on politics, religion and culture. In 1976 he protested against social engineering and the egalitarianism of contemporary education policy, claiming that the fulfilment of the ideal of equality of opportunity meant the destruction of the family. In 1977 he
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was originally Casey's doctoral thesis. Casey argued that critical judgement is objective because critical arguments are rational. They are rational due to considerations which, though they are not necessarily judgements of value, "criteriologically" imply them. For example, if a poem is sentimental
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Casey identified "pagan virtues" as those included in the "assertive, proud ethical tradition" of classical Greece and Rome. Pagan virtues, in contrast to
Christian ones, included self-regard, worldly values and success in life. Casey also identified physical courage as a pagan virtue, "the chief
333:, described the book in his review as having "relaxed obsessiveness of the magnum opus" and Casey as writing "like a Pagan" presenting "the interesting spectacle of a man who has been getting steadily less conservative with age."
203:. A chance meeting with the Taliban in North West Pakistan led to their inviting Casey to be their guest in Afghanistan, with the implication that he might be introduced to Osama Bin Laden; but he did not take up the invitation.
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The book reviewed theories of the after life from the ancient
Egyptians, through Mesopotamians, ancient Greeks and Romans, Christians and Muslims to the twentieth century. Literary critic
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defended single-sex colleges and also resisted the government's right to change a university's educational policy on political grounds. Casey also expressed his conservative
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wrote of this book, "provided this gets clearing from the philosophers, we shall at last have a compact, cogent and humane justification of criticism as a rational process."
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321:. The book won the Kiriyama prize for non-fiction (2002) and the French translation won a prize for the best foreign non-fiction book published in France in 2009.
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motives of which are patriotism and the love of honour". These elaborations of pagan virtue were designed to strengthen the moral tradition and challenge
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80:, where he received a First in both parts of the English Tripos. He later returned as a lecturer in English at Gonville and Caius College.
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noted that "Casey long ago renounced the kind of ideas communicated in his lecture 'One Nation: The
Politics of Race'." Writing in
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Politics of Race' discussed the repatriation of Commonwealth immigrants. In 2011 Leo Robson of
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and condemning the New Rite as liberal and imposed on the conservative faithful from above. Upon the death of
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as a liberal myth that was inspired by the liberal tradition, a tradition that had culminated in
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described Casey as a mentor to a whole generation of young
Conservatives at
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482:âEgypt after the Hatshepsut massacreâ, Daily Telegraph, Jan 1998.
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485:âMemories of a Catholic boyhoodâ, Daily Telegraph, April 1998.
446:âSanctimonious: It is â are you?â, The Independent, Nov 1991.
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455:âLook no further than the mouthâ, The Spectator, Nov 1993.
449:âEnemies on the lake (Burma)â Independent Magazine, 1991.
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Conservative Thoughts: Essays from The Salisbury Review
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views by vigorously criticising the suppression of the
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in 1979 claimed that "part" of Christ was embodied in
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415:(London: The Claridge Press, 1988), pp. 173â180.
467:âWarriors without remorse (Japan)â, Telegraph, 1995.
390:'Tradition and Authority' in Maurice Cowling (ed.),
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After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell and Purgatory
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22:(born 1939) is a British academic and a writer for
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523:'Cambridge University Tripos Results: English',
488:âCuba's real religionâ, The Spectator, Jan 1998.
461:âWhy fear Islam?â, Daily Telegraph, July 1994.
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40:. In 1975, along with Scruton, he founded the
491:âGays in Havana Augustâ, The Spectator, 1998.
404:, Vol. 1 No. 1, October 1982, pp. 23â28.
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470:âLegalise hard drugsâ, Daily Mail, May 1995.
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458:âCuba â yes butâ, Sunday Telegraph, 1993.
407:'How Can We Have a Duty to the Dead?' in
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473:âCanon to right of themâ, TLS, Nov 1995.
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125:Casey has been a regular contributor to
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