Roger Scruton

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'''Sir Roger Vernon Scruton''', {{post-nominals|country= GBR|sep=,|FBA|FRSL}} ({{IPAc-en |ˈ|s|k|r|uː|t|ən}}; 27 February 1944{{spaced ndash}}12 January 2020) was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in [[aesthetics]] and [[political philosophy]], particularly in the furtherance of [[Conservatism in the United Kingdom|conservative]] views.<ref name=Cowling1990pxxix>{{cite book |last1=Cowling |first1=Maurice |title=Mill and Liberalism |date=1990 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|at=[https://books.google.com/books?id=k_RjyJSr_z0C&pg=PR29 xxix]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Garnett |first1=Mark |url=http://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781847792990/9781847792990.xml |title=Conservative thinkers |last2=Hickson |first2=Kevin |date=2013-07-19 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-1-84779-299-0 |pages=113–115 |chapter=7 The traditionalists |doi=10.7765/9781847792990 |chapter-url= |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roger Scruton |url=https://www.ralston.ac/people/sir-roger-v-scruton |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.ralston.ac |language=en}}</ref> The founding-editor of ''[[The Salisbury Review]]'', a conservative political journal, Scruton wrote over [[Roger Scruton bibliography|50 books]] on architecture, art, philosophy, politics, religion, among other topics. Scruton was also Chairman of the [[Premiership of Boris Johnson|Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission]] for the [[Government of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom's government]], from 2019 to 2020. His views on classical architecture and beauty are still promoted via his foundation; while his political stances remain influential.

'''Sir Roger Vernon Scruton''', {{post-nominals|country= GBR|sep=,|FBA|FRSL}} ({{IPAc-en |ˈ|s|k|r|uː|t|ən}}; 27 February 1944{{spaced ndash}}12 January 2020) was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in [[aesthetics]] and [[political philosophy]], particularly in the furtherance of [[Conservatism in the United Kingdom|conservative]] views.<ref name=Cowling1990pxxix>{{cite book |last1=Cowling |first1=Maurice |title=Mill and Liberalism |date=1990 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|at=[https://books.google.com/books?id=k_RjyJSr_z0C&pg=PR29 xxix]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Garnett |first1=Mark |url=http://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781847792990/9781847792990.xml |title=Conservative thinkers |last2=Hickson |first2=Kevin |date=2013-07-19 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-1-84779-299-0 |pages=113–115 |chapter=7 The traditionalists |doi=10.7765/9781847792990 |chapter-url= |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roger Scruton |url=https://www.ralston.ac/people/sir-roger-v-scruton |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.ralston.ac |language=en}}</ref> The founding-editor of ''[[The Salisbury Review]]'', a conservative political journal, Scruton wrote over [[Roger Scruton bibliography|50 books]] on architecture, art, philosophy, politics, religion, among other topics. Scruton was also Chairman of the [[Premiership of Boris Johnson|Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission]] for the [[Government of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom's government]], from 2019 to 2020. His views on classical architecture and beauty are still promoted via his foundation; while his political stances remain influential.