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Polarized thinking is no way to run a democracy
Why is our public discussion so dominated by rancor and divisiveness? Why do our politicians increasingly resemble silly children throwing food at each other? Why do our "news" programs on TV so often consist of people dealing out abuse and accusations? There are many likely causes of what a recent ...
Only Pillars of Moral Truth Can Shore Up Our Civil Society
No nation on earth has so thoroughly staked its success on the functioning of free and voluntary civic associations. Ultimately, civil society is that communal sphere in which, together, we confront and answer the core questions: What makes a good person and a good society? With this call to civil s...
A Call to Civil Society : Why Democracy Needs Moral Truths
America's civic institutions are declining because the moral ideas that fueled and formed them are losing their power-the power to shape our behavior, to unite us as one people in pursuit of common ideals. Too many Americans view morality as a threat to freedom, rather than its essential guarantor. ...