Not exact matches
First, as the title
of a key chapter puts it, the American
example shows that religion can «Make Use
of Democratic Instincts» in a manner mutually beneficial to itself and democracy; second, sustainable democracy needs religion, which means we can expect democratic peoples to remain attached to its continuance or at least potentially receptive to its revival (cf. II, 2.17, # s 17 - 20); third, democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon commo
Democratic Instincts» in a manner mutually beneficial to itself and democracy; second, sustainable democracy needs religion, which means we can expect
democratic peoples to remain attached to its continuance or at least potentially receptive to its revival (cf. II, 2.17, # s 17 - 20); third, democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon commo
democratic peoples to remain attached to its continuance or at least potentially receptive to its revival (cf. II, 2.17, # s 17 - 20); third,
democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon commo
democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones
of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing
democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon commo
democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in
democratic society will always rest upon commo
democratic society will always rest upon common opinion.
That is easily observed for
example in the period
of transition from a feudal authoritative state and a
society with a closed mental outlook, to a
democratic, pluralist social order.
The
example and presence
of -LRB-» Protestant Establishment «-RRB-
Society, felt so vividly in America right up into the 1960s, and whose own «last days» are portrayed by Stillman's METROPOLITAN, is by the late 70s no longer there to shape the way
democratic people form the «small private associations» they inevitably do.
The
democratic societies have no one supreme or dominant member, with
examples being such things possibly as stones and probably as some cell - colonies and even special forms
of many - celled plants and animals.42 Monarchic
societies, on the other hand, do have a supreme or dominant member which radically subordinates the parts to its ruling purpose but which can never completely rob the parts
of all measure
of control over themselves.
Bloom points out, for
example, that Oliver Wendell Holmes gave up searching for a principle «to determine which speech or conduct is not tolerable in a
democratic society and invoked instead an imprecise and practically meaningless standard — clear and present danger — which to all intents and purposes makes the preservation
of public order the only common good» (p. 28).
I think your summary
of the differences between the liberal and social
democratic positions is a fair one, but I do think that post 18 education and training is a fine
example of a «merit good», and that there is considerable benefit to both individuals and
society from earmarking this funding for education and study.
To paraphrase R.A. Heinlein, every
society in history limited the franchise to some effect - for
example, most modern
democratic societies restrict franchise from persons underage, or frequently persons convicted
of crimes.
Character education, or any kind
of education, would look very different if we began with other objectives — if, for
example, we were principally concerned with helping children become active participants in a
democratic society (or agents for transforming a
society into one that is authentically
democratic).
And this is one more
example of how Environmentalists regard the «ethics»
of climate change as trumping fundamentals
of democratic society.