“It’s the government’s place to help people.” That is the common assumption behind most of modern American political thought. What does such a view mean in practice? The forcing of one person to work on behalf of another. And this, not for the sake of defending the country against an invader or a criminal, but […]
Category: Politics
Social Justice and Scripture: Untie the Knot Pt.1
Whoever untied the Gordian Knot would be the king of Asia, said the prophecy. No one could untie the knot until Alexander the Great. He couldn’t find its end, so he came up with an “Alexandrian solution”—one slice from his sword and the knot was in pieces; thoroughly untied. An unsolvable problem sometimes goes away […]
Christianity and ISIS: Toward a Better World Pt. 5
America has not responded to ISIS. This moral failure proceeds from America’s inability to recognize the objectivity of morality. Our response amounts to the conclusion: there is no right response, or if there be a right response, there is no way to know it.
Christianity and ISIS: Toward a Better World Pt. 4
To answer the question of ISIS and the baffling reaction of America’s leaders, we must address: Why does the American moral code reject self-interest in favor of self-sacrifice? The answer only becomes clear after a deep search of the American soul. So let’s look at the moral foundations of the most moral of Americans: the […]
Christianity and ISIS: Toward a Better World Pt. 3
Liberals and neoconservatives do not end ISIS because they have accepted the moral code of self-sacrifice. As demonstrated in The Iraq War, American leadership has accepted the idea that, since in modern war zones it is impossible to tell enemies apart from civilians, American soldiers must be sacrificed in order to spare the killing of […]