Friday, March 11, 2011

The divide on morality

Ross Douthat, the latest resident well-mannered conservative at the New York Times, wrote an interesting article that lays out the conservative point of view on sexual morality. He explains why a more traditional stance on sexual morality may lead to a culture where"young people (can) achieve romantic happiness". How touching Also, it demonstrates that, contrary to Thatcher's dictum on society ( it doesn't exist), a goal of Catholics has always involved a vision for society on earth. He acknowledged that while real people do not live up to this ideal, positing this as an ideal gives us something to strive for. Bush II showed us that a power unconcerned with appearances can sink very low. Was the sexual revolution a mistake? Now change every mention on sexual morality with economic morality and a concern for fairness. It is properly the business of government, that how business is conducted has a large influence on general cultural morality. That although we are greedy creatures and may not live up to ideals it is better to have high ideals so we strive for better. That the intent an enterprise is undertook has a huge influence on how it develops. All the arguments used to advocate for a society enforced standard of sexual morality can be used to support society enforce standards for economic fairness. I seem to remember a sayi ng about gooses and ganders....

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