10/26/08. Theodore Dalrymple reviews two books that portray the allure --- and limitations --- of liberation.
Dalrymple begins his review:
The idea that mankind might find life beautifully easy if only the right laws could be promulgated and the right social attitudes inculcated is a beguiling one. It suggests that dissatisfaction and frustration arise from error and malice, rather than from the inescapable and permanent separation between man's desires and what the world can offer him.
http://www.city-journal.org/2008/bc1024td.html
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