Thursday, October 26, 2006
Two more submissions from readers that bear repeating for the purpose of further discussion. In regard to democracy having a moral foundation, this from an unknown reader:
Then, this regarding the need for a moral foundation to our society and democracy, also submitted by an unnamed reader:
What are your thoughts and comments?
No one said it better than John Adams: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other."
Then, this regarding the need for a moral foundation to our society and democracy, also submitted by an unnamed reader:
Every society has two choices: whether ir wants to be ruled by an authoritarian ruler or whether there can be a set of shared values and certain things we hold in common that give us the philosophical underpinnings of our value system in our life.
Without that value system a society cannot exist.
The reason we have the most terrible crime problem in the word in America today is simple: we've lost our moral consensus. We are people living for ourselves.
What are your thoughts and comments?
