The world needs profound transformations in the fundamental values and organizing principles of society; new values must ascend, values that
emphasize human solidarity, affinity with nature, and quality - of life.
For example, as Mr. Lawler points out, Brownson makes some valuable comments when he
emphasizes the importance of the
solidarity and interdependence of
humans and what naturally follows from that, but it seems to me that Brownson then goes too far in concluding that «civic virtues are themselves religious virtues» and even that «he who dies on the battlefield for his country ranks with him who dies for his faith.»